President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a fresh round of appointments involving 26 individuals across 10 federal government agencies and commissions.
The appointments, which take immediate effect, include the former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, who has been named Chairman of the Board of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).
The development was announced in a statement issued on Monday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
Fayose will lead the REA board alongside Ahmadu Abubakar and Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta, who were appointed as members and non-executive directors. The agency’s Director-General, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three previously appointed executive directors will also serve on the board.
In another major appointment, Major General Junaid Bindawa was named Chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission.
The President also approved the appointment of Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, a former member of the House of Representatives from Lagos, as Secretary of the commission. Other appointments to the commission include Dr Ogbole Ene Lilian, Oladele Olatubosun and Yakubu Umar Barde as commissioners representing Benue, Oyo and Kaduna states respectively.
Dr Mai Adamu Yau of Borno State, Ginika Florence Tor of Enugu, Engineer Lawrence Okoh of Edo and Bello Morenike Iyabode of Kogi were also appointed members of the commission.
Tosin Johnson Adeyanju, who had earlier been appointed Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund, has now been reassigned as Secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission.
The President further approved new leadership for several key government institutions. Dr Abuh Mohammed was appointed Director-General of the National Population Commission, while Dr Akinola Odeyemi was named Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc.
Dr Anthony Inalegwu Godwin was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission.
At the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation in Kwara State, Engineer Julius Oloro was appointed Chief Executive Officer. He replaces Dr A.R. Kamal, who died in January.
Tinubu also constituted a new board for the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, appointing Dr Abdullahi Maikano Saidu as Chairman. Other members of the board are Mohammed Asmau, Mohammed Aliyu Makama, Dr Suleiman Gidado, Louis O. Ndukwe, Amaechi Ugwele and Olaniyi Idowu Onikola.
Meanwhile, Shuni Muhammad Dahiru was appointed Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education. He replaces Professor Shu’aibu Shehu Aliyu, who was reassigned to the Petroleum Trust Development Fund in April.
At the Federal Housing Authority, Gisaor Vincent Iorja was appointed Executive Director of Finance following the resignation of Mathias Byuan to pursue a governorship bid in Benue State.
Iorja, an economist, legal scholar and academic, currently serves as Secretary of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission.
The Presidency said all the appointments are effective immediately.
