Buhari renews appointments of PTDF, PEF, NCDMB bosses

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday renewed the appointments of Chief Executive Officers of agencies under the Ministry of Petroleum Resources.In a statement, presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, said thatfollowing recommendations to the President by Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Dr Bello Aliyu Gusau has got another nod as the Executive Secretary o Technology Development Fund (PTDF); Ahmed Bobboi as Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF), while Engineer Simbi Wabote has been reappointed as the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).Adesina added that Dr Gusau was credited to have run the PTDF successfully in the past four years, keeping faith with the Seven strategic priorities he had introduced in January 2017, such as domestication, cost cutting, sustainable funding, Efficient internal processes, linkages with the industry, utilization of centers of excellence, and pursuit of home-grown research.He said Ahmed Bobboi got his reappointment for having run PEF in a way that made it a key and strategic player in the administration’s oil and gas reforms, especially in stabilizing the supply and distribution of petroleum products across the country, among others.Adesina also stated that Engineer Wabote won his pips for managing the Nigerian Content Development Fund prudently, completing the headquarters building of NCDMB, and also initiating many landmark projects that were widely commended by industry players.He said “all the appointments take immediate effect.”