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Folorunsho Coker is the new face of NTDC…

The Presidency on Saturday said President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr. Folorunsho Coker as the new Director-General for Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, NTDC.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement on Saturday also said Mr. Adedayo Thomas has been appointed the Executive Director of the National Film and Video Censors Board.

Adesina said the latest statement was made to correct an earlier one which indicated that Coker is of the NFVCB.

The statement read, “As part of new appointments approved for government agencies and parastatals by President Muhammadu Buhari on March 31, 2017, Mr Folorunsho Coker, is the new Director-General for Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, while Mr Adedayo Thomas, is the Executive Director of the National Film and Video Censors Board, (NFVCB).

“This corrects the earlier announcement that Mr Coker is of the National Film and Video Censors Board.”

Folorunsho coker is the former commissioner for tourism, in Lagos state, and he was know for the revolutionalisation of the current new face of Lagos.

During his tenure as the commissioner, Folorunsho coker was the brain behind the One Lagos campaign and many other tourist attraction that has happened to Lagos state.

Folorunso Folarin-Coker,52, had played various roles in Lagos state. He was deputy chief of staff to former governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. He later became the managing director of the state-owned Number Plate Production Authority. In 2014, he was appointed an adviser to Governor Raji Fashola.
Folarin-Coker was born on July 27, 1965, to Chief Folarin Coker, a lawyer, a former permanent secretary and Baba Eto of Lagos.
He was educated at St. Gregory’s College, Obalende, Lagos and University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree.
He is married to Aishat Folarin-Coker.

This is the best thing that will happen to the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation.

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