May 21, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Nasir Olaitan Raji-Mustapha, as the new Director General of the National Productivity Centre (NPC).
The new appointment was conveyed in a letter signed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige.
Dated May 2, 2023, the letter reads: “In accordance with the provisions of Section 5 of the National Productivity Centre Act, Cap 70, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN), 2004; Mr President, Muhammadu Buhari has approved your appointment as the new Director-General of the NPC.
“You shall hold office for four years and shall be eligible for re-appointment for a period of four years. Your current appointment takes effect from May 19, 2023, when the tenure of the incumbent Director-General is expected to expire.”
Accepting the appointment, Raji-Mustapha thanked the President and the Honourable Minister for finding him worthy of the appointment and promised to take the centre to greater heights in order to realise its mandate.
Until his new appointment, Raji-Mustapha was the Director of Procurement in the Centre. He was at different times, Deputy Director and Assistant Director under various capacities, during which he handled numerous important and strategic assignments, geared towards enhancing national productivity.
Raji-Mustapha joined the NPC in 1994 as a Senior Productivity Research Officer at Agriculture and Rural Productivity Department, Abuja.
Before entering the public service, he was a Lecturer at Alemaya University (Now Haramaya University), from 2002 to 2004, under the Ethiopia-Nigerian Technical Aid Corp Volunteer.
His academic qualifications include a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA), a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Applied Entomology and Parasitology, a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M) and a West African School Certificate. As a scholar, he published three books and no fewer than six articles in both local and international journals.
Raji-Mustapha has equally won numerous prizes and awards, including the National Productivity Merit Award of the National Productivity Centre, Best M.Sc. Student in Applied Entomology and Parasitology in Unijos (1995) and Best MBA Student, Nasarawa State University Keffi (2019).
