NiMet new DG resumes office

The New Director General (DG)/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) Prof. Mansur Bako  Matazu has officially resumed office  yesterday. This was contained in a press release made available and signed by the General Manager Muntari Yusuf Ibrahim of the agency.

                       

Prof.  Matazu takes over from  Sani Abubakar Mashi (Prof.) following an approval by President Muhammadu Buhari for the reorganization of the Aviation Agencies in line with the implementation of his administration’s Aviation Development Roadmap.

Speaking at the handover ceremony held yesterday, Wednesday 17, March, 2021 at the conference room of NiMet headquarters, Abuja, the new DG in the statement promised to take the agency to a greater height in Africa, expressed gratitude for the opportunity to serve in this capacity as he promised to run an all-inclusive administration.

Professor Matazu holds a PhD in Applied Meteorology from the Federal University of Technology Minna, and a post-doctorate degree at Erasmus University, Netherlands. He lectured at Federal University of Technology Minna as well as Federal University Dutsinma, Katsina state before joining NiMet in 2016.

He has published Books, Chapters and Peer review articles in both national and international Journals. A member of Nigerian Environmental Society, African Forestry Forum, Nigerian Meteorological Society, the Climate Change Network, Nigeria and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Nigeria (REEN).

The statement said that until his appointment, Professor Mansur Bako Matazu was the General Manager, Research as well as the Technical Assistant to the outgoing DG.