BREAKING: Buhari approves appointments of three DGs

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of three Directors-General/Chief Executive Officers of three agencies under the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development.


The appointments were approved on Thursday.

They appointees are: Umar Albarka Hassan (DG/CEO, National Steel Raw Materials Exploration Agency, Kaduna); Prof. Linus Okon Asuquo (DG/CEO, National Metallurgical Development Centre, Jos); and Prof. Suleiman Bolaji Hassan (DG/CEO, Nigeria Institute of Mining and Geosciences, Jos).

The information was contained on the verified Twitter handle of Bashir Ahmad, the Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media.

See the tweets:

President @MBuhari approves the appointment of three Directors-General/Chief Executive Officers of three Agencies under the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development.

The appointments are: 👇🏽

— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) July 19, 2018

1. Engr. Umar Albarka Hassan, DG/CEO, National Steel Raw Materials Exploration Agency, Kaduna

2. Prof. Linus Okon Asuquo, DG/CEO, National Metallurgical Development Centre, Jos

3. Prof. Suleiman Bolaji Hassan, DG/CEO, Nigeria Institute of Mining and Geosciences, Jos.

— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) July 19, 2018