President Tinubu Appoints Otunba Biodun Ajiboye As Director General of NICO
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and culture enthusiast, Otunba Biodun Ajiboye, has been appointed as the new Director General for National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO).
This development comes as President Bola Tinubu on Friday, approved the appointment of 11 new Chief Executive Officers for agencies under the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, and Creative Economy.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement he signed on Friday titled ‘President Tinubu appoints new leadership in arts, culture and creative economy sector.’
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The new appointees include Otunba Biodun Ajiboye who hails from Oro Kingdom in the Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
Ajiboye is a fearless public speaker, media mogul and legendary advertising practitioner, famed for convening the highly successful Nigeria Telecoms Award. He’s also known to have a penchant for culture and arts.
Other appointees include Tola Akerele, Director-General of the National Theatre; Shaibu Husseini, Director-General, National Films and Censors Board; Obi Asika, Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture.
Aisha Augie, Director-General, Centre for Black and African Arts and Culture and Ekpolador-Ebi Koinyan, Chief Conservator, National War Museum; Ahmed Sodangi, Director-General, National Gallery of Art.
On the list also are Chaliya Shagaya, Director-General, National Institute of Archeology and Museums Studies; Khaltume Gana, Artistic Director, National Troupe of Nigeria; Ali Nuhu — Managing-Director, Nigerian Film Corporation and Ramatu Mohammed, Director-General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments.
According to Ngelale, the President mandated the appointees to “discharge their duties in accordance with the highest standards of professionalism, diligence, and patriotism with a view to making the creative sector more vibrant and robust.”
The 11 are President Tinubu’s third set of appointees this week.
