The Church has announced 168 new mission president assignments, effective July 2016. The names of the new and returning mission presidents in the Africa West Area are listed below:
MISSION |
CURRENT PRESIDENT |
NEW PRESIDENT |
Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan West |
Marcel Gueï |
David Hamand |
Ghana Accra West |
Norman C. Hill |
Robert H. Simpson |
Nigeria Benin City |
Akingbade A. Ojo |
Alexander A. Odume |
Nigeria Enugu |
Freebody A. Mensah |
Francis O. Nmeribe |
Nigeria Lagos |
Richard K. Ahadjie |
Cornelius O. Tay |
Nigeria Owerri |
New Mission |
Solomon Ijoma Aliche |
The Church in January also announced the formation of three new missions: the Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbuji-Mayi Mission, the Nigeria Owerri Mission and the Vietnam Hanoi Mission
Each of these three new missions will be created by realigning boundaries of existing missions and will be operational on or before July 1, 2016. The Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbuji-Mayi Mission will be created from a division of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa and Democratic Republic of the Congo Lubumbashi missions. The Nigeria Owerri Mission will be created from a division of the Nigeria Port Harcourt Mission.
The Vietnam Hanoi Mission will be created from the Cambodia Phnom Penh Mission, which for several years has included Vietnamese-speaking missionaries who serve in Vietnam.