President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Dayo Mobereola to serve as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency for a renewable term of four years.
Mobereola replaces Mr Bashir Jamoh, whose tenure recently expired.
His appointment was announced in a statement on Tuesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, titled ‘President Tinubu appoints new NIMASA Director-General.’
Mobereola holds a Ph.D, and an M.Sc in Transport Economics from the University of Wales, United Kingdom.
He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport, England, and a fellow of the same institute in Nigeria.
He was the Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority from 2003 to 2015 and was also the Commissioner for Transportation in Lagos State from 2015 to 2016.
In the private sector, he was Deputy Managing Director and Project Development Director at AFM Consulting Plc, London.
