President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr Joseph Tegbe because the Director-Common and international liaison for the Nigeria-China strategic partnership, following the agreements reached throughout Tinubu’s go to to China in early September 2024.
Tegbe, a first-class graduate in Civil Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo College (1988), will report on to the President.
This was disclosed in a State Home launch issued by the President’s Particular Adviser on Info and Technique, Bayo Onanuga, on Sunday.
The assertion famous that Tegbe, a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, will “instantly submit a strategic motion plan to allow Nigeria to profit from the agreements between the 2 nations in Beijing.
“Because the chief of the strategic partnership, he’ll oversee day-to-day operations, interact repeatedly with Chinese language counterparts, and guarantee all deliverables are aligned with nationwide growth targets.
“Within the strategic plan, he’ll define particular deliverables, timelines, and key efficiency indicators for every space of cooperation, together with precedence initiatives, projected investments, and anticipated socioeconomic outcomes.”
On the 2024 Discussion board on China-Africa Cooperation, President Xi Jinping pledged 360 billion yuan (roughly $51 billion) in new financing for African nations over the following three years. He additionally dedicated to supporting 30 infrastructure initiatives geared toward enhancing connectivity throughout the continent and creating a million jobs.
The assertion continued, “Throughout his official go to earlier than FOCAC, President Tinubu secured a dedication from President Xi to help Nigeria’s financial diversification, infrastructure growth, expertise switch, and job creation. Among the many agreements, Nigeria and China will collaborate on increasing Nigeria’s rail community, upgrading energy distribution, and creating new industrial parks.”
The 2 nations additionally agreed to ascertain hospital alliances, collaborate on medical analysis, and deploy Chinese language healthcare professionals to strengthen Nigeria’s healthcare system.
In training, the partnership will concentrate on vocational coaching, STEM training, and educational exchanges, with joint initiatives to ascertain engineering expertise academies and supply scholarships for Nigerian youth to amass trendy workforce expertise.
Moreover, the partnership goals to enhance Nigeria’s agricultural practices via data sharing, expertise switch, and funding in sustainable farming strategies.
Tegbe, 58, brings practically 35 years of expertise in enterprise technique. He was the Senior Companion and Head of Advisory Providers at KPMG in Africa, with duties extending to the Center East.
He additionally led subnational governments, together with Oyo, Ekiti, Ondo, Benue, and Bayelsa, on funding missions to nations corresponding to South Africa, Denmark, China, India, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates.