President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mrs Matilda Mmegwa as Senior Special Assistant on employment and job creation in the office of the Minister of Labour and Employment.
This was disclosed on Thursday in a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.
The Senior Special Assistant, who has held a number of posts in the private sector in Canada and international organisations, will work under the leadership of the Minister of Labour and Employment on issues of job creation.
Mrs Mmegwa brings to bear on the position over 30 years’ of cognate experience in the fields of strategic leadership, corporate governance, social inclusion and economic development.
She is an internationally decorated Presenter/Keynote Speaker and was the lead discussant at the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM) conference in Tanzania in 2009.
Mrs Mmegwa has served as Senior Consultant and Strategy Advisor with the Ghana Agricultural Sector Investment Programme (GASIP) an initiative of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) .
The statement added that she holds a degree in Industrial Chemistry, professional qualifications as Chartered Accountant in both Nigeria and Canada, a Master’s degree in Strategy and Corporate Governance.
