Tinubu Unveils 26 Fresh Appointments Across Key Federal Agencies By Okwo Romeon

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 26 officials to leadership positions across 10 federal agencies and commissions, in a move aimed at strengthening governance and public administration.

President Ahmed Bola Tinubu (GCFR).
Nigeria Leader 

Among the appointments announced on Monday is former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, who will chair the board of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), while retired Major General Junaid Bindawa was named chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission.

A statement issued by the President's Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said Fayose will lead the REA board alongside Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta as non-executive directors. The agency's Director-General, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three previously appointed executive directors complete the board.

The President also reconstituted the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, appointing former Lagos lawmaker Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas as secretary. Other members include Dr Ogbole Ene Lilian (Benue), Oladele Olatubosun (Oyo), Yakubu Umar Barde (Kaduna), Dr Mai Adamu Yau (Borno), Ginika Florence Tor (Enugu), Engineer Lawrence Okoh (Edo) and Bello Morenike Iyabode (Kogi).





In another development, Tosin Johnson Adeyanju, previously Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund, was redeployed as Secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission.

President Tinubu also approved the appointment of Dr Abuh Mohammed as Director-General of the National Population Commission, Dr Akinola Odeyemi as Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, and Dr Anthony Inalegwu Godwin as 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 died in January.

George Akume 
SGF Nigeria 
The President further inaugurated a new board for the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, naming Dr Abdullahi Maikano Saidu as chairman. Other board members are Mohammed Asmau, Mohammed Aliyu Makama, Dr Suleiman Gidado, Louis O. Ndukwe, Amaechi Ugwele and Olaniyi Idowu Onikola.

Also appointed was Shuni Muhammad Dahiru as Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education. He replaces Professor Shu'aibu Shehu Aliyu, who was earlier reassigned to the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF).

In the Federal Housing Authority, Gisaor Vincent Iorja was named Executive Director (Finance), replacing Mathias Byuan, who resigned to pursue the Benue State governorship. Iorja, an economist, legal scholar and academic, currently serves as Secretary of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC).

According to the Presidency, all appointments take immediate effect.

The latest appointments form part of the Tinubu administration's continuing effort to fill strategic positions in federal institutions as it seeks to improve public sector performance and service delivery.







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