Afrigather President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday named Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda as minister-designate for humanitarian affairs and poverty discount.
The appointment of Yilwatda dashed the hope of Betta Edu, who was suspended from heading the ministry in January following an allegation of diversion of N585 million federal authorities grant meant for the weak into personal accounts.
Previous to her removing, Halima Shehu, the chief government officer (CEO) of the Nationwide Social Funding Programme Company (NSIPA), an company within the ministry, was additionally suspended by Tinubu over corruption allegations.
Edu’s predecessor, Sadiya Umar Farouk, is at the moment below investigation over mismanagement of public funds throughout her tenure.
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Who’s Nentawe Yilwatda?
Yilwatda, the brand new minister will oversee the affairs of the humanitarian ministry, which has been characterised by high-profile corruption instances in current instances.
Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda was born on August 8, 1968, in Dungung, Kanke Native Authorities Space of Plateau State. He comes from a spiritual household, being the son of the late Rev. and Mrs. Toma Yilwatda.
Yilwatda has an intensive tutorial background, starting together with his Bachelor’s diploma in Electrical/Digital Engineering from the Federal College of Agriculture, Makurdi, which he earned in 1992.
He went on to acquire a Grasp of Engineering from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa College in Bauchi and later a PhD from the College of Nigeria, Nsukka, specialising in Digital Methods Engineering.
His pursuit of information didn’t finish there; he additionally obtained coaching in Constructing Digital Governance Construction from the United Nations College Worldwide Institute for Software program Know-how in Macau, China.
Along with his tutorial achievements, Yilwatda has held distinguished roles in main nationwide and worldwide initiatives.
He served as a venture guide on Nigeria’s first Built-in Monetary Administration Info System (IFMIS), which was applied for key authorities businesses, together with the Ministry of Finance, the Central Financial institution of Nigeria, the Federal Workplace of Statistics, and the Debt Administration Workplace.
His experience was additional highlighted by means of his involvement within the World Financial institution-funded STEP-B venture, the place he helped implement the Nigeria Training and Analysis Community (NgREN), a unified community and ICT answer for academic establishments throughout the nation.
In 2023, Yilwatda was the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State, however misplaced on the ballot to Caleb Mutfwang of the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP).
