Nigerian President, Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo appointed a former Minister for Commerce, Mustapha Bello as the pioneer Executive Secretary/CEO of the Commission,[9] as well as Felix Ohiwerei, as the Chair of the Governing Board.

[13] The organogram of the Commission has seven specialized departments — Finance & Administration, Investment Promotion, Investor Relations, Human Resources, Policy Advocacy, States Coordination and Strategic Communications.

The Commission was structured to consist of North-Central, North-East, North-West, South-East and South-West Zonal offices to work with sub-national state investment agencies in the coordinating and further actualization of the Federal Government’s mandate.

The organogram of the Commission has seven specialised departments — Finance & Administration, Investment Promotion, Investor Relations, Human Resources, Policy Advocacy, States Coordination and Strategic Communications.

Furthermore, the Commission was structured to consist of North-Central, North-East, North-West, South-East and South-West Zonal offices to work with sub-national state investment agencies in the coordinating and further actualisation of the Federal Government’s mandate.