NSGF appoints Gomos as pioneer DG

The Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF), under the leadership of Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has approved the appointment of Mr Ezekiel Gomos as Director General of the forum’s secretariat.

In a statement, the forum said the appointment was in line with its renewed commitment to strengthening its institutional capacity and improving coordination among the 19 Northern states in addressing the region’s pressing challenges.

According to the forum, creating the office of DG was a strategic step towards repositioning the secretariat as a more effective hub for policy coordination, collective action and long-term development planning.

Presenting the appointment letter, Governor Yahaya urged Mr Gomos to apply his extensive expertise in strategic leadership, institutional development and policy management to strengthen the secretariat into a robust platform for collective security coordination, regional economic cooperation and sustainable development across the North.

The NSGF chairman also expressed confidence that the appointment would usher in a new era of deeper collaboration, improved coordination and more coherent regional responses to the North’s most critical challenges.

“Mr Gomos, a former Secretary to the Plateau State Government, is an accomplished development economist and policy expert with a distinguished career spanning public service, governance reform, private-sector development and human capital advancement.

“His experience includes senior roles in high-impact institutions such as the New Nigeria Development Company (NNDC) and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).

“In addition, he has been Lead Consultant and Head of Faculty at the Jos Business School (JBS), a centre dedicated to entrepreneurship development, leadership training and policy dialogue,” the statement read in part.

It added that for nearly two decades, Mr Gomos served as a resource person at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, contributing to the training of senior leaders across Nigeria in policy, strategy and national development.

The new DG’s academic credentials include graduate and postgraduate degrees from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and the University of East Anglia, UK.

He is also a recipient of several prestigious international fellowships, including the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship (University of Minnesota), the British Chevening Scholarship and the UNDP Fellowship at the ILO Training Centre in Turin.

Gomos has attended senior executive programmes at Harvard Kennedy School, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Durham University Business School.

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