President Tinubu appoints Dr Jobson Oseodion Ewalefoh as DG, ICRC
President Tinubu has appointed a Certified Public Private Partnership Expert Dr. Jobson Oseodion Ewalefoh as the new Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC).
Dr. Ewalefoh is a professional with over two decades of experience in Public Private Partnerships (PPP), Concessions & Privatisation, Information & Communication Technology (ICT) development & deployment, Innovation, Project Management, Procurement Processes & Procedures, Organisation & Strategy, Process Improvement, Public Policy Reform and Development, Leadership and Governance.
The appointment is among the latest appointments made by Mr. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu towards the delivery of his Renewed Hope Agenda.
The President, while making the appointment charged Dr. Ewalefoh to bring his wealth of experience to bear and demonstrate absolute dedication and probity in the management of the ICRC and in pursuit of its strategic objective of accelerating investment in national infrastructure through the innovative mobilization of private-sector funding.
Until his appointment, this Public Sector Reform Specialist Dr. Ewalefoh was the Director of Operations, in charge of the Public Private Partnership Resource Department (P3RD) of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) with responsibility for the Development, Procurement and Delivery of Public Infrastructure Projects in the Energy, Agricultural, Oil & Gas, Urban, Social, Defence & Security sectors.
He had previously served as the Director of the Contract Compliance Department (CCD) of the ICRC, where he oversaw the Monitoring and Compliance of over 100 Concession Agreements in Energy, Port (wet and dry), Agriculture, Aviation, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Health Care Services, Financial Services, Telecommunications, Manufacturing and Railways with responsibility for the custody of all the PPP contracts executed at the Federal Level.
He was the pioneer Head of the Information & Communication Technology (ICT) unit of the ICRC that undertook the setting up the ICRC ICT infrastructure, by implementing and deploying the ICT backbone of the Commission.
Prior to joining the ICRC, Dr. Ewalefoh was involved in the implementation of the European Union (EU) support to the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), as a consultant for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), with responsibility for implementing the ICT component of the Project, which involved a nationwide ICT infrastructure deployment in support of the anti-corruption program in the Country.
He started his career with the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), where he played a pivotal role in Nigeria’s reform and privatization of Public Enterprises.
Dr. Ewalefoh has a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Development Studies from the University of South Africa (UNISA), Master degrees in Economics (MSc) from Enugu State University of Technology, Information Technology (MIT) from Ladoke Akintola University, Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Abuja, Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Abuja and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (BSc) from the University of Benin.
Dr. Ewalefoh’s deep thirst for knowledge has led him to some of the leading schools in the World including the Harvard University, Brookings Institute, University of Pennsylvania, University of North Carolina, Lagos Business School Wharton Business School, Duke University, Lagos Business School, Institute of Public Private Partnership among others.
He is an avid reader and a publisher, with numerous published articles in renowned journals and contributions to many publications on varied developmental issues.
The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Senate.