By Samuel Ogunsona
President Bola Tinubu has appointed the former Lagos State Commissioner of Environment, Olatunji Bello, as the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Vice-Chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC).
His appointment still pends for senate approval.
Olatunji Bello is expected to to replace Mr. Babatunde Irukera who has been relieved of his appointment since January.
In a statement on Monday, presidential spokesperson, Chief Ajuri Ngelale said the President “expects that the new Chief Executive Officer of this important agency will ensure the holistic realisation of the Commission’s mandate of protecting and promoting the interest and welfare of Nigerian consumers, and ensuring the adoption of measures to guarantee the safety and quality of goods and services”.
Bello who is happily married to the current vice chancellor of Lagos State University, Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, is a lawyer, administrator, and renowned journalist.
He holds a Master’s degree in International Law and Diplomacy from the University of Lagos. He studied Law at the same university and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2002.
Bello began his career in journalism at the Concord newspapers in 1985 and was Group Political Editor; Sunday Concord editor and Editor, National Concord.
He is a winner of the US Alfred Friendly Press Fellowship and was appointed the Chairman of the Editorial Board of ThisDay newspapers in 2001.
