President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Dayo Mobereola as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).
Mobereola is to serve for four years.
The appointment follows the exit of Mr Bashir Jamoh, whose tenure expired last week.
Mobereola, who holds a Ph.D in Transport Economics, is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport, England and a fellow of the same institute in Nigeria.
He was the Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) from 2003 to 2015 and was also the Commissioner for Transportation in Lagos State from 2015 to 2016.
In the private sector, he was Deputy Managing Director and Project Development Director at AFM Consulting Plc, London.