Ben Bruce named chairman of FRCN board

Media mogul and Silverbird Entertainment boss Ben Murray-Bruce has been named chairman of the restructured board of directors of Nigeria’s Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN).

The board which consists of 10 other members include The SUN’s Funke Egbemode, Bola Doherty, Farouk Dalhatu, J. N. Chinedu, Hajia Hauwa Kida, Chief Elvis Agukwe, and Abubakar Sarkin Fawa Damboh.

The FRCN is one of the nine government agencies whose boards were approved by President Jonathan on Monday, according to a statement by Government secretary, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim.

Other boards announced are the Federal Mortgage Bank, Federal Capital Development Authority(FCDA), National Examination Council (NECO), Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone, Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Voice of Nigeria (VON) and theAgricultural Research Development Council of Nigeria.

Inauguration of the boards would be announced soon.

Murray-Bruce was a former Director-General of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA).

SOURCE: TheNETng