Govs to grace investiture of NIM’s twenty fifth President

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, and the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, are billed to play the roles of Particular Visitor of Honour and Chairman, respectively, on the investiture of Commodore Abimbola Ayuba (Rtd.) because the twenty fifth President and Chairman of Council of the Nigerian Institute of Administration (Chartered).

The investiture is scheduled to carry on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, on the 81 Division Officers Mess in Lagos.

A press release by NIM disclosed that the investiture ceremony, which marks the formal assumption of workplace by the brand new helmsman, is approaching the heels of the election of latest principal officers by the Council of the Institute final December, throughout which Dr Umar Mustapha, Vice Board Chairman and Chief Government Officer, Mentholatum Nigeria Restricted, and Mrs Ijeoma Okere, a former Everlasting Secretary in Abia State, had been equally elected Deputy President and Nationwide Treasurer, respectively.

The brand new president, a retired commodore of the Nigerian Navy who was a former director at each Defence Headquarters and Naval Headquarters, Abuja, holds a PGD in administration, an MBA (normal administration) from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, 2001, and an MSc in Strategic Research from the University of Ibadan, 2010.

Along with being a Fellow of the Institute, Commodore Ayuba, a flexible skilled, can also be a Fellow of a number of skilled our bodies, together with the Nationwide Defence School, Nigeria; the Licensed Institute of Transport, Centre for African American Analysis Research; the Chartered Institute of Public Diplomacy and Administration; and Alumnus of Africa Centre for Strategic Research.

A recipient of the Institute’s prestigious Chris Abebe Award, the best particular person award for administration excellence, Ayuba has served the Institute in numerous capacities at completely different occasions, together with Chairman, Board of Fellows in August 2021; turned the Nationwide Treasurer in 2021; and the Deputy President in December 2022.

A famend worldwide threat and safety administration guide who retired from the companies of the Nigerian Navy after over thirty years of distinguished and meritorious service is an astute supervisor, nice public speaker, and creator.

The investiture ceremony, which will likely be headlined by an investiture lecture to be delivered by the quick previous Chief of the Naval Workers, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo (Rtd.), a distinguished Fellow of the Institute, will likely be graced by representatives of presidency, prime army brass, skilled our bodies, and the company world, in addition to members of the Institute.