President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs. Zubaida Umar as the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
Mrs. Umar is the first woman to
be appointed as Director-General of the pivotal interventionist and
humanitarian agency, and her appointment further underlines the President’s
avowed commitment to gender inclusion.
According to a statement by
Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, the new Director-General of NEMA has
over 20 years of work experience in diverse fields, including Human Resources,
and Finance and Administration. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of
Bankers and the Institute of Credit Administration.
She holds ACCA certifications
in Public Financial Management and Digital & Sustainability Financing.
“As Executive Director, Finance
and Corporate Services at the Federal Mortgage Bank, Mrs. Umar drove the
strategy and repositioning of the bank and successfully facilitated the
transformation of the institution into a modern, digitized mortgage and
financial service provider.
“The President expects that the
new Director-General will bring the much-needed financial and operational
discipline and refashion the agency into a performance-driven and proactive
emergency response provider with a focus on prevention and climate change
readiness in the execution of its core mandate,” Ngelale stated.
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