Abuja, Nigeria – President Bola Tinubu has authorised the reappointment of Professor Abdullahi Mustapha because the Director Normal of the Nationwide Biotechnology Analysis and Improvement Company (NBRDA) for a second five-year time period.
The announcement was made public by way of a press assertion launched on Saturday by Toyin Omozuwa, the press secretary to the NBRDA Director Normal.
Professor Mustapha’s reappointment was formally conveyed in a letter from the Secretary to the Authorities of the Federation (SGF), George Akume.
His second tenure will begin on October 31, 2024, as stipulated by the Nationwide Biotechnology Improvement Company (Institution) Act, 2022, Part 10 (1) and (3).
The assertion emphasised that trade specialists view the reappointment as a testomony to President Tinubu’s confidence in Mustapha’s management and imaginative and prescient for the company, notably in leveraging biotechnology to realize nationwide targets like meals safety.
In accordance with Omozuwa, this prolonged tenure will present Mustapha with the chance to additional advance initiatives in pharmaceutical manufacturing and strengthen Nigeria’s standing within the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
A distinguished educational, Professor Abdullahi Mustapha is a specialist in Bioinorganic Chemistry and hails from Dambatta Native Authorities Space in Kano State. Together with his continued management, the NBRDA goals to contribute considerably to Nigeria’s scientific development and sustainable improvement in biotechnology.
