Shippers’ Council Gets New Executive Secretary

The Federal Government has appointed Mr Hassan Bello as the acting Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC).

A statement made available to newsmen        in Lagos on Tuesday said that the appointment of Bello was conveyed to the NSC by the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar.

It said that Bello’s appointment followed the expiration of the second term of the former Executive Secretary of the council, Capt. Adamu Biu.

The statement said that Bello was until his appointment, the Director of Legal Services of NSC.

According to the statement, a letter signed on behalf of the minister by the Acting Director, Human Resources Management, E.T.Umoh, directed that the affairs of the council should be handed over to the most senior director in the council in an acting capacity.

It said that Bello would act “until Mr President approves the substantive Chief  Executive Officer/Chief Executive Officer for the Council” .

According to the statement, Bello joined NSC since 1998 as a Deputy Director and Head, Legal Services.

He had worked with the Ministry of Justice, Sokoto State, and later Sokoto Investment Company Ltd.where he rose to the rank of Acting Managing Director and CEO. Bello graduated from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria where he had a Bachelor of Law LLB and Master in Law, LLM.

He attended other courses at the University of Southampton for a Maritime Law Summer Course, Lloyds Maritime Academy on Time and Voage Charter Parties and many other professional maritime courses and seminars.