PRESIDENT JONATHAN APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL MARTIN LUTHER AGWAI AS SURE-P CHAIRMAN

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointments of: General Martin Luther Agwai , as chairman of Subsidy Re-Investment Programme (SURE-P); Mrs Tanwa Olusi, deputy chairman of SURE-P; Mrs Fidelia Njeze, Special Adviser (NEPAD) and Senator Suleiman M. Ajadi, Special Adviser (NASS).

Mr Sola Omole was appointed Director-General (DG), Nigerian Television Authority (NTA); Alhaji Ladan Salihu, DG, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), while Mr Ima Niboro was appointed Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria.

In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, in Abuja, on Thursday night, said the appointments were made in furtherance of efforts to continually strengthen the administration on all fronts. All the appointments are with immediate effect.

General Martin Luther Agwai , a career soldier,was born on November 8, 1948 in Kaduna, a city in Northern Nigeria. He hails from a Christian home and was the President of Fellowship of Christian Students at Government Secondary School, Zaria in 1967.

He graduated from the Nigerian Command and Staff College, British Army Staff College, Camberley and United States Army Armour School amongst others. He holds a Post Graduate diploma in Public Administration with distinctions from the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) and National Defence University, Washington DC, where he obtained a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy. While at NDU, he won the Ambassadors Award for excellence in research and writing, making him the first foreigner to win the award.

General Martin Luther Agwai retired from the Nigerian Armed Forces in December 2009.