President Tinubu has appointed a brand new DG for China-Nigeria Partnership.
PoliticalNews Nigeria studies that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed, Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe, as director-general and world liaison for the Nigeria-China strategic partnership reached by the 2 international locations through the President’s go to in early September.
This Nigeria information platform understands that Joseph Tegbe, a 1988 first-class graduate in civil engineering from Obafemi Awolowo College, will report on to the President.
An announcement from Tinubu’s Particular Adviser on Data and Technique, Bayo Onanuga, mentioned “he’ll instantly submit a strategic motion plan to allow Nigeria to profit from the agreements between the 2 international locations in Beijing.
“Because the czar of the strategic partnership, he’ll lead day-to-day operations, have interaction repeatedly with the Chinese language counterparts, and be certain that all deliverables are met and synchronized with nationwide improvement targets.
“Within the strategic plan, he’ll define the precise deliverables, timelines, and key efficiency indicators for every space of cooperation. This can embrace precedence tasks, projected investments and anticipated socioeconomic outcomes.”
On the 2024 Discussion board on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), President Xi Jinping pledged 360 billion yuan, or about $51 billion, in new financing to African nations within the subsequent three years. He additionally pledged help for 30 infrastructure tasks to spice up connectivity throughout the continent and create a million jobs.
Throughout his official go to earlier than the FOCAC, President Tinubu additionally obtained a dedication from President Xi to help Nigeria’s {economic} diversification plans, infrastructure improvement, know-how switch, and job creation.
Nigeria and China, amongst others, agreed to collaborate on increasing Nigeria’s rail community, upgrading energy distribution, and creating new industrial parks.
The 2 international locations dedicated to establishing hospital alliances and collaborating on medical analysis. Beneath the Treaty, Chinese language healthcare professionals can be deployed to help Nigeria’s healthcare system.
China and Nigeria agreed to collaborate to advance training and expertise improvement, specializing in vocational coaching, STEM training, and tutorial exchanges. Joint initiatives, comparable to establishing engineering know-how academies and offering scholarships, will assist equip Nigerian youth with abilities wanted in a contemporary workforce.
The 2 international locations additionally deliberate to enhance Nigeria’s agricultural practices by way of information sharing, know-how switch and funding in sustainable farming methods.
Tegbe, who will make sure the actualization of the agreements, is 58 years outdated.
After his training at Federal Authorities School, Ogbomosho, and Obafemi Awolowo College, he had about 35 years of expertise in enterprise technique.
He was the senior accomplice and head of advisory providers at KPMG in Africa, with a portfolio and duties that included the Center East.
He has labored for a lot of Fortune 500 firms and African conglomerates, advising on strategic planning, funding, and portfolio opinions.
He’s a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA) and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.
He additionally led subnational governments, comparable to Oyo, Ekiti, Ondo, Benue, and Bayelsa, in funding drives to South Africa, Denmark, China, India, Singapore, and the UAE.