President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of 26 individuals into the governing boards and leadership of 10 Federal Government agencies and commissions, in what the Presidency described as an effort to strengthen public institutions and improve service delivery.
The appointments, which take immediate effect, were announced on Monday in a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
Among the appointments is former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, who was named Chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).
According to the Presidency, Fayose will lead the REA board alongside Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta, who were appointed as members and non-executive directors. The board also comprises the agency’s Director-General, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three executive directors who were previously appointed.
The President also approved the appointment of Major General Junaid Bindawa as Chairman of the National Salaries and Wages Commission.
Former member of the House of Representatives from Lagos State, Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, was appointed Secretary of the Commission, while Dr Ogbole Ene Lilian (Benue), Oladele Olatubosun (Oyo) and Yakubu Umar Barde (Kaduna) will serve as commissioners.
Also appointed as members of the commission are Dr Mai Adamu Yau from Borno State, Ginika Florence Tor from Enugu State, Engineer Lawrence Okoh from Edo State and Bello Morenike Iyabode from Kogi State.
The Presidency also announced the redeployment of Tosin Johnson Adeyanju, who previously served as Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF), to the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission as Secretary.
In other appointments, President Tinubu named Dr Abuh Mohammed as the new Director-General of the National Population Commission, while Dr Akinola Odeyemi was appointed Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET).
The President also appointed Dr Anthony Inalegwu Godwin as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission.
Engineer Julius Oloro was named Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), replacing Dr A.R. Kamal, who died in January this year.
President Tinubu also constituted the board of 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.
The President further approved the appointment of Shuni Muhammad Dahiru as Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, replacing Professor Shu’aibu Shehu Aliyu, who was reassigned to the Petroleum Trust Development Fund (PTDF) in April.
At the Federal Housing Authority, Gisaor Vincent Iorja was appointed Executive Director (Finance), replacing Mathias Byuan, who resigned to pursue his governorship ambition in Benue State. Iorja is an economist, legal scholar and academic currently serving as Secretary of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission.
Announcing the appointments, the Presidency said, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced 26 new appointments into 10 Federal Government agencies and commissions.”
It added that “all the appointments take immediate effect,” signalling the administration’s resolve to fill strategic positions across key institutions without delay.
The latest appointments affect agencies responsible for rural electrification, public sector wages, population management, electricity trading, fiscal responsibility, atomic energy, agricultural mechanisation, mass literacy and public housing, among others.