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President Tinubu Withdraws Nomination of Kashim Imam As FERMA Chairman

President Bola Tinubu has directed the withdrawal of the nomination of Imam Kashim Imam to serve as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA).

In a statement released Thursday by the special adviser to the president, Ajuri Ngelale, the withdrawal is to be implemented with immediate effect.

The President  had last Friday, listed the new appointees of FERMA to include Chairman of FERMA Board- Imam Ibrahim Kashim Imam; Managing Director of FERMA —  Chukwuemeka Agbasi; Member (NARTO) — Yusuf Lawal Othman; Member (FMW) —  Ibi Terna Manasseh; Member (FRSC) — ACM Shehu Mohammed; Member (Finance) — Babatunde Daramola-Oniru and Member (South-South) — Hon. Preye Oseke.

Others are Member (South-West) — Hon. Oye Ojobe; Member (South-East) — Dr. Kenneth Ugbala; Member (North-Central) — Senator Timothy Adudu; Member (North-East) — Abubakar Bappa and Member (North-West) — Aminu Adamu Papa.

All the other appointments to the Board and Executive Management team of FERMA are not affected by the directive withdrawing Imam’s nomination. 

Chioma Kalu

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