BREAKING: Buhari reappoints Engr Fidet Okhiria, MD Nigerian Railway Coporation

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reappointment of Engineer Fidet Edentalen Okhiria as Managing Director of the Nigeria Railway Coporation (NRC).

Engr Okhiria who hails from Iruekpen Ekpoma in Edo State, started his journey with the NRC as pupil engineer and rose to the positon of Director Mechanical/Electrical/Signal and Telecommunication.
He attended Ujeolen primary school from 1967 to 1972 and Ujeolen grammar school 1973 to 1977 both in Ekpoma, Edo state. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (BSc Electrical Engineering) from University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos. He did his national youth service (NYSC) programme at the then National Electrical Power Authority (NEPA) from 1985-1986. From 1992-1996 he was District Mechanical/Electrical Engineer, and later Chief Mechanical Electrical Engineer from 1996-1999.
Engr Okhiria became Assistant Director (c/w) from 1999-2001, Manager Romania project from 2001-2003 and District Manager (LD) from 2003 to June 2006. He became the Director, Mechanical/Electrical from June 200 to June 2011. He was appointed Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Coporation in October 2016 and has been piloting the affairs of the Coporation till date prior to his reappointment.

Eng. Okhiria is a fellow of Nigerian Institute of Mechanical Engineering, (NIME), Chartered Member, Institute of Logistics and Transport (MILT), member Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), member Institute of Directors (IOD), member Institute of Strategic Management (ISM) and member, Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM).

The benchmark of his achievements have been tremendous since his administration’s inception in the railway coporation. He initiated the engineering designs, moved new locomotives brought in at Apapa port by road to Zaria, Enugu and Abuja to keep plan on course.

As NRC MD, Okhiria is overseeing the transformation of the railway. Prior to the present administration, railway projects have been pipe dreams for decades. Under the current administration and supervision of the Honorable Minister of Transportation, Government has constructed new railways, replaced antiquated tracks and acquired new and up-to-date coaches and locomotives. Many of these feats have been achieved, courtesy of Engr Okhiria’s diligence and commitment to service.