President Tinubu Makes Fresh Appointment Amid New Minimum Wage Saga

President Tinubu has made a fresh appointment amid a new minimum wage saga with organized labour.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Barr Obiageli Edith Amadiobi as Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), an agency under the purview of the Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology (FMIST).

 

Deputy Director, Public Relations and Protocol, NOTAP, Solomon Nshem, who disclosed this in a statement, on Tuesday, said until her appointment, Amadiobi was a retired Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Information and Strategy in Imo State and was before her retirement responsible for initiating vibrant policies in the ministry that has garnered great support for the state’s present administration.

 

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Amadiobi is also an alumnus of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Nigerian Law School, Imo State University, Abia State University and the Polytechnic, Nekede.

 

She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting; Bachelor of Laws degree LLB BL; Masters degree in Banking and Finance; Masters degree in Financial Management and a Doctorate in Financial Management.

 

She is a member of many professional bodies including the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, the Nigerian Bar Association, the International Federation of Female Lawyers and a fellow of the National Institute of Marketers.

 

Amadiobi has attended many national and international conferences, seminars and workshops and received many awards for outstanding performance in the workplace and in her community.

 

“Dr Amadiobi’s vast educational and professional qualifications and wide working experience in the Imo State Civil service, spanning more than three decades coupled with her impeccable pedigree of hard work, integrity and accountability will be brought to bear in her new assignment as Director General of NOTAP towards realising the Renewed Hope Agenda of the present administration”, the statement added.

 

Meanwhile, NewsOnline Nigeria reports that this appointment is coming at a time when organized labour is shutting down economic activities across the nation over new minimum wage demand. The labour had accused the government of extravagant spending, fuel subsidy removal and Naira devaluation without adequate which has thrown millions of Nigerians into poverty, hunger and untold hardship.