President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Innocent Barikor as the Director-General of the National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency.
He also appointed Ebitimi Amgbare as the Managing Director/CEO of the Niger Delta River Basin Development Authority.
The Presidency announced the appointments on Friday in a statement signed by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, titled ‘President Tinubu appoints chief executive officers of two agencies.’
Barikor is an academic, politician and former Rivers State House of Assembly member from 2011 to 2015.
He succeeds Prof. Aliyu Jauro, who former President Muhammadu Buhari first appointed in February 2019.
In February 2023, Buhari reappointed Jauro for another four-year tenure to elapse in 2027.
Meanwhile, Amgbare is a retired naval officer and former commissioner in Bayelsa State.
He succeeds Dr. Adeniyi Aremu, whom Buhari first appointed in January 2017. Aremu was reappointed for another four-year tenure in January 2021.
The President said he expects the new heads of these important agencies to “discharge their duties with utmost fidelity to the nation and unfailing adherence to the highest standards of professionalism, accountability, and excellent service to the people of Nigeria.”