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Lagos — President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 26 individuals into the governing boards and leadership of 10 federal agencies and commissions, naming former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose as Chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).
The appointments, which take immediate effect, were announced on Monday in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
According to the Presidency, Fayose will chair the REA board alongside Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta as non-executive directors, while the agency’s Director-General, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three previously appointed executive directors will complete the board.
President Tinubu also appointed Major General Junaid Bindawa (retd.) as Chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, with former House of Representatives member, Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, named Secretary of the Commission.
Other members appointed into the commission include Dr Ogbole Ene Lilian, Oladele Olatubosun, Yakubu Umar Barde, Dr Mai Adamu Yau, Ginika Florence Tor, Engineer Lawrence Okoh and Bello Morenike Iyabode, representing various states across the country.
The President equally redeployed Tosin Johnson Adeyanju, the immediate past Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund, as Secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission.
In the power sector, Tinubu appointed Dr Akinola Odeyemi as Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET), while Dr Anthony Inalegwu Godwin was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission.
Engineer Julius Oloro was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), succeeding the late Dr A.R. Kamal, who passed away in January.
The President also approved the constitution of the board of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, with Dr Abdullahi Maikano Saidu appointed Chairman. Other members of the board are Mohammed Asmau, Mohammed Aliyu Makama, Dr Suleiman Gidado, Louis O. Ndukwe, Amaechi Ugwele and Olaniyi Idowu Onikola.
Also appointed was Dr Abuh Mohammed as Director-General of the National Population Commission, while Shuni Muhammad Dahiru emerged as Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, replacing Professor Shu’aibu Shehu Aliyu.
In addition, Gisaor Vincent Iorja was named Executive Director (Finance) of the Federal Housing Authority, replacing Mathias Byuan, who resigned to pursue the Benue State governorship.
The Presidency said the appointments form part of the administration’s ongoing efforts to strengthen the leadership of strategic government institutions and enhance service delivery across critical sectors of the economy.
According to the statement, all appointments take immediate effect.
