By More Matshediso
Pretoria - Nepad CEO, Dr Ibrahim Mayaki, has been appointed interim CEO of the Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).
The decision was made at the recent African Union (AU) Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
Mayaki, who is also the CEO of New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad), will steer the affairs of the APRM Secretariat for the next six months, as it is being integrated into the AU.
In his address to APRM staff today, Mayaki said he would support the Secretariat in building management systems so that when the new CEO takes over in January 2015, “they should have something solid to support their capacities”.
Mayaki said his six months at the helm of the APRM will be characterised by professional, transparent and coherent decisions.
He announced a team of senior Nepad staff -- Bankole Adeoye of Corporate Service, Fatou Ceesay Jallow HR, and Kossi Toulassi at Finance -- who will be key in supporting the APRM transition into an AU entity.
In addition, his senior advisors -- Olusola Akinbade of Governance and Professor Tandeka Nkiwane of Inter-Institutional Affairs -- will form part of the co-team to work with the APRM transition.
Mayaki praised the “highly professional and specialised” staff at the Secretariat, saying their work has been used to advance Nepad.
The APRM was established in 2003 under Nepad as an instrument to which AU Member States agree voluntarily. A country formally joins by ratifying the AU Declaration MoU adopted in Durban in July 2002.
The primary purpose of the APRM is to encourage the adoption of policies, standards and practices that lead to political stability, high economic growth, sustainable development and accelerated sub-regional and continental economic integration through sharing of experiences and reinforcement of successful and best practices. – SAnews.gov.za
