Aisha Rimi Assumes Office As NIPC Boss

Aisha Rimi has assumed office as NIPC boss.

Glamtush reports that the new Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Aisha Rimi, has pledged to advance Nigeria’s economy through strategic investment promotion.

This online platform understands that Rimi made this pledge during her opening address after resuming at NIPC headquarters on Monday, in Abuja.

In a major reshuffling last Friday, President Bola Tinubu approved the appointment of a new lineup of leadership for 12 agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.

According to a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the move is “in line with the president’s resolve to base Nigeria’s economic revival on the foundation of trade expansion through small, medium and large-scale industry facilitation in the countr.”

Addressing the staff, the NIPC boss pledged to reposition the NIPC to attract new routes of foreign investments into Nigeria to shore up the dwindling revenue of the government and the much-needed jobs.

She also thanked the president for the privilege to contribute to the economic growth of the country.

She said, “First, I am grateful to Mr President for this opportunity because there are over 100 million persons who could be doing this job.