President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the Board and Management of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) with Engr. Imam Ibrahim Kashim Imam as its Chairman
Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi, on Thursday hinted that the President was going to approve the Board’s appointment in a bid to make the ongoing nationwide road repairs intervention go smoothly.
However, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu demanded competent service delivery from the new Board.
The appointment also has Engr. Chukwuemeka Agbasi as the Managing Director of FERMA.
“President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the Governing Board and Management team of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) for a renewable term of four (4) years, in accordance with Section 2(3) of the FERMA Amendment Act, 2007:
“Chairman of FERMA Board — Engr. Imam Ibrahim Kashim Imam; Managing Director of FERMA — Engr. Chukwuemeka Agbasi;
Member (NARTO) — Yusuf Lawal Othman; Member (FMW) — Engr. Ibi Terna Manasseh; Member (FRSC) — ACM Shehu Mohammed; Member (Finance) — Babatunde Daramola-Oniru; Member (South-South) — Hon. Preye Oseke.
“Member (South-West) — Hon. Oye Ojobe; Member (South-East) — Dr. Kenneth Ugbala; Member (North-Central) — Sen. Timothy Adudu; Member (North-East) — Engr. Abubakar Bappa; Member (North-West) — Aminu Adamu Papa.
“President Tinubu expects the new appointees to achieve integrous and competent service delivery, given the central role that the institution will play in the sustainable health of growth-enabling infrastructure nationwide,” the statement reads.