The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Professor Charles Anosike, has been elected President of the Board of Governors of the African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) for a four-year term. The election took place on September 10, 2026, in Cotonou, Benin, during the 24th Ordinary Session of the ACMAD Board of Governors, which was held back-to-back with the 22nd African Climate Outlook Forum (ACCOF22).
In his role as President of the Board, Professor Anosike is expected to provide strategic leadership to advance stronger institutional governance, productive partnerships, and effective climate services for Africa, while supporting ACMAD’s mandate to enhance the application of weather and climate information for sustainable socio-economic development across the continent.
This milestone reinforces NiMet’s leadership footprint across Africa’s meteorological community and underscores Nigeria’s dedication to bolstering weather forecasting accuracy, safeguarding lives and property, and driving sustainable socio-economic development through climate resilience. His emergence comes at a critical time when African countries are strengthening their capacities to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to increasing weather and climate-related risks in line with the United Nations Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative.
The Cotonou session drew key figures from across the continent and international partner organizations to shape the center’s strategic trajectory, featuring Dr. Ousmane Ndiaye, Director-General of ACMAD; Dr. Adamou Aïssatou Sitta, Vice-President of the ACMAD Board and Director of Niger Meteorological Services; Mr. Harsen Nyambe, Director of the African Union Commission (AUC) Department of Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy (SEBE); and H.E. Georges Alé, Benin’s Minister of Living Environment and Transport, in charge of Sustainable Development.
