President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of 26 persons into the boards and management of 10 federal government agencies and commissions, with former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose appointed 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 statement, Fayose will chair the REA board alongside Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta, who were appointed as members and non-executive directors. The board will also include the agency’s Director-General, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three previously appointed executive directors.
President Tinubu also appointed retired Major General Junaid Bindawa as Chairman of the National Salary and Wages Commission, alongside eight other members.
Former Lagos lawmaker Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas was named Secretary of the commission, while Dr. Ogbole Ene Lilian, Oladele Olatubosun, and Yakubu Umar Barde were appointed commissioners representing Benue, Oyo, and Kaduna states, respectively.
Other members of the commission include Dr. Mai Adamu Yau (Borno), Ginika Florence Tor (Enugu), Engineer Lawrence Okoh (Edo) and Bello Morenike Iyabode (Kogi).
In another development, Tosin Johnson Adeyanju, who was previously appointed Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund, has been redeployed as Secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission.
The President also approved the appointment of Dr. Abuh Mohammed as Director-General of the National Population Commission (NPC), while Dr. Akinola Odeyemi was named Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET).
Also appointed is Dr. Anthony Inalegwu Godwin as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission.
Former local government chairman Engineer Julius Oloro was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) in Kwara State, succeeding Dr. A.R. Kamal, who died in January.
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.
In addition, Shuni Muhammad Dahiru was appointed 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.
The President also approved the appointment of Gisaor Vincent Iorja as Executive Director (Finance) of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA). He replaces Mathias Byuan, who resigned to contest the Benue State governorship election.
Iorja is an economist, legal scholar and academic who currently serves as Secretary of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC).
