The Bible Society of Nigeria [BSN] has announced the appointment of Pastor Samuel Sanusi as its new General Secretary/Chief Executive Officer -Designate.
He will be taking over from the incumbent General Secretary/CEO, Dr. Dare Ajiboye, who will be retiring in June 2021.
A statement by the society’s Manager, Media & Public Relations Mr. Benjamin Mordi indicated that Pastor Sanusi, who is currently the Society’s Senior Manager, Church, and Public Relations, will resume officially on July 1, 2021.
Sanusi joined the BSN on December 6, 2010 as Church/Public Relations Manager. He has also served as Senior Manager – Operations and Programmes. Before joining the Society, he had worked with Permanentmark Enterprise Limited as Chief Operating Officer between July and November 2010.
Pastor Sanusi was also a former Senior Partner with Mutual Hope CashAccess Limited.
Sanusi’s credentials
He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) obtained from the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu State in 2004 and Post Graduate Diploma in Management from University of Calabar, Cross Rivers State in 2001. He graduated from Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Mass Communication.
He is a member of various professional organisations among which are Nigeria Institute of Management, Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, and Nigerian Institute of Public Relations.
The Bible Society of Nigeria is a not-for-profit interdenominational Christian organisation that translates the Bible into local languages, publishes, distributes, raises funds for the Bible work, and organises life-transforming programmes.
So far, it has translated the entire Bible into 26 Nigerian Languages, while translation/revision is on-going in 10 Nigerian Languages.