President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Prof. Aliyu Jauro as the new
Director General/ Chief Executive Officer of the National Environmental
Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA).
NESREA’s Deputy Director (Information), Oyofo Sule, in a statement on
Monday, said that Jauro takes over from Dr. Lawrence Chidi Anukam whose
tenure expired on the 17th of February 2019.
According to the statement, Jauro, before the appointment, was Deputy
Director at the National Centre for Petroleum Research and Development,
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, (A.T.B.U) Bauchi.
He holds a Bachelor of Tech. Degree in Industrial Chemistry from
A.T.B.U Bauchi and MSc and PhD Degrees in Industrial Chemistry from the
same University.
He joined the university as a Graduate Assistant in 1997 and rose
through the ranks to become a Prof in Industrial Chemistry in 2014.
Addressing the Management and Staff on assumption of office, the new
Director General declared, “I am here to move the Agency to the next
level.
“I expect high standard of professionalism, integrity and dedication to duty.”
He promised to operate an open-door policy, stressing that he will
bring his wealth of experience to bear in ensuring that NESREA lives up
to its mandate.
He commended the acting Director General, Mrs. Miranda Amachree for
the achievements recorded in her short period in that capacity.
Prof. Jauro won the German Academic Exchange Scholarship (DAAD) and
the European Association of Organic Geochemists (EAOG) Travel Grant in
2005.
He is a fellow of the Chemical Society of Nigeria (CSN), as well as a
member of the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria, (MICCON) and
of Polymer Institute of Nigeria (MPIN).