By Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi At 50, the Federal Cooperative College, Oji River (FCCO), is at a point where its history matters as much as the direction it chooses for the future. Established in 1976, the institution has spent five decades developing human capacity in cooperative education. But Nigeria’s economic realities have changed considerably. Agriculture is
By Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi When public institutions are assessed by the difference they make in the lives of citizens, the record of Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq Yelwa at the National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC) is worth examining. Since taking over as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in 2021, Yelwa has overseen the
By Comrade Dominic Ogakwu Leadership in the public service is ultimately measured not by the length of time spent in office, but by what changes while the officeholder is there and, more importantly, what remains after the officeholder leaves. By that measure, the career of Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, deserves close attention.After more than three
By Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu named Engineer Jennifer Adighije Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) in August 2024, the appointment sparked debate. At 41, she was among the youngest executives to head one of Nigeria’s most strategic power institutions. Critics questioned her executive
By Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi Nigeria’s ambition to build a diversified, industrialised and globally competitive economy depends largely on the quality of its technical and vocational education system. At the heart of this effort is the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), the statutory body responsible for assessing and certifying the skilled workforce needed to
By Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi In a sector where precision, safety and public confidence are indispensable, leadership is measured not by political visibility but by institutional credibility, technical competence and international trust. Few public servants embody these qualities as convincingly as Dr. Yau Usman Idris, Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority
By Comrade Dominic Ogakwu For decades, millions of Nigerians living in rural and underserved communities have remained on the fringes of electricity access, limiting economic opportunities, healthcare delivery, education and overall development. Today, however, the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), under the leadership of Dr. Abubakar Abba Aliyu, is spearheading transformative interventions aimed at changing that
By Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Professor Nnanyelugo Martin Ike-Muonso as the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) in May 2024. No doubt, this is a strategic move to-wards strengthening Nigeria’s capacity to process local raw materials into finished prod-ucts, reduce dependence on imported
In the often underreported but strategically vital solid minerals sector, a quiet transformation has been unfolding, one that is redefining governance, strengthening transparency, and significantly boosting government revenue. At the center of this shift is the Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office (NMCO), led by its Director-General, Engineer Obadiah Simon Nkom, whose tenure since January 2019 has
At a time when despair echoes loudly across camps, communities, and forgotten enclaves where millions of displaced Nigerians cling to survival, leadership becomes more than a title, it becomes a lifeline. It takes a rare breed of public servant to step into such a landscape of uncertainty and transform it into a canvas of possibility.However,