The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Alex A. Okoh, has described the retiring Director of Development Institutions & Natural Resources (DI &NR) at the Bureau, Mr. Joe Chigbo Anichebe, as an honest and trustworthy person whose services would be missed by the bureau.
This is even as he commended two other retiring staff of the Bureau, Messrs Ibrahim Abubakar Jalingo,(Head, Human Resource Unit)and Abubakar Haruna of the Finance and General Services Department for their invaluable services to the bureau.
Speaking during a farewell party in honour of Anichebe at the Bureau’s corporate offices in Abuja on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, Okoh said because of Anichebe’s trust and pedigree he had always delegated the director to represent the Bureau at impactful events.
It was indeed, an evening of tributes for the retiring Anichebe, a consummate journalist and erstwhile Head of Public Communications at the Bureau, as the management, staff and other well-wishers, who graced the occasion, extolled his sterling qualities.
The Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN), FCT Chapter, one of the critical stakeholders of the bureau, which was represented by its Secretary, Mr. Isa Abdulwahab, noted that Anichebe during his tenure as the Head of Public Communications at the Bureau, made the job of reporters covering the bureau easy as he promptly provided answers to all inquiries.
Born in Owelli, Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu state on March 6, 1960, Anichebe proceeded to the Ghana Institute of Journalism, Accra, Ghana and graduated in 1984 with diploma in Journalism after attending Modebe Memorial Secondary School, Onitsha, Anambra state (1976-1981).
