{"id":109220,"date":"2019-09-17T21:49:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T20:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=109220"},"modified":"2019-09-17T21:49:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T20:49:07","slug":"kwara-appoints-26-year-old-joana-nnazua-kolo-as-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/kwara-appoints-26-year-old-joana-nnazua-kolo-as-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwara appoints 26-year-old Joana Nnazua Kolo as commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"

AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, governor of Kwara state, has nominated Joana Nnazua Kolo, a 26-year-old, as a commissioner, in his first cabinet list.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Tuesday, Rafiu Ajakaye, chief press secretary to the governor, said Kolo is a 2018 graduate of Library Science of Kwara State University (KWASU), stating that if confirmed, Kolo will be Nigeria\u2019s youngest commissioner.<\/p>\n

\u201cA grassroots mobiliser, Miss Kolo is an ardent advocate of community development. Miss Kolo is still having her National Youths Service Corps programme in Jigawa, where she is teaching at Model Boarding Junior Secondary School Guri. Her screening for the cabinet seat would hold after she rounds off her NYSC service in the next two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Joana Nnazua Kolo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ajakaye said the governor also nominated Folashade Omoniyi, a former managing director of FBN Mortgages Limited, as the new chairperson of the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS)<\/p>\n

\u201cOmoniyi, who holds a bachelor of engineering from the University of Ilorin and Masters of Business Administration from Obafemi Awolowo University, has many years of leadership experience in the banking sector, marketing, information communication technology, and business management,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has executive education in positive leadership from Michigan Ross Executive Education (USA); Market Driving Strategies from London Business School (UK); Strategic Uses of Information Technology from Stanford Business School ( USA); and Senior Management Programme (SMP18) from the Lagos Business School (Nigeria).\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, other nominees are Sa\u2019adatu Modibbo-Kawu, Arinola Fatimoh Lawal and Aisha Ahman Pategi.<\/p>\n

\u201cA 1997 graduate of Economics from the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Mrs Modibbo-Kawu also holds Masters in Business Administration from University of Ilorin and various certificates from Penn Foster Career School Scranton in the United States and Metropolitan School of Business and Management in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cArinola Fatimoh Lawal, a 1993 graduate of Catering and Hotel Management from the Kwara State Polytechnic, is a top-rated player in Nigeria\u2019s hospitality industry with experience as chief executive officers of several firms including Batool Nigeria Limited, Mohbalamira Nigeria Limited and MirMira Enterprise.<\/p>\n

\u201cMs Ahman-Pategi was educated at the School of Remedial Studies and FASS-International Relations in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State in 1996; Agent and Broker License Barney Fletcher School, in Atlanta GA, USA in 2004; Capstone Institute of Mortgage Finance, also in Atlanta in 2006; Stanford University, Stanford California where she obtained a certificate in Political Science (Data Analysis) in 2013; Bachelor of Art \u2013 Mass Communication from Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma; and MBA Business Administration from American Inter-Continental University, Dunwoody GA.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, governor of Kwara state, has nominated Joana Nnazua Kolo, a 26-year-old, as a commissioner, in his first cabinet list. 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