President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Jaji Olola Abdulganiyu as the Controller General Federal Fire Service with effect from April 22.
Secretary to the Civil Defence, Immigration and Prisons Service Board (CDIPB), Hajia Aisha Rufai made this known in a statement on Tuesday.
Prior to his appointment as Comptroller General, Jaji was the Deputy Comptroller General in charge of Administration and Supplies in the Federal Fire Service.
He succeeds Acting Controller General, Samson Karebo, who took up the mantle of leadership after former Controller General, Ibrahim Liman, bowed out of service.
According to the statement, Jaji commenced his career at the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing as Higher Technical Officer in 1991. He also held several positions in the Ministry before his redeployment to the Federal Fire Service in 1999.
“Engr. Jaji Olola Abdulganiyu MNSE, MIFire, E, COREN, was born on the 13th August 1965 to the family of Alh. Umar Olola Jaji in Ilorin, Kwara State.
“He holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering obtained in 1999 and he is married with children,” it added.