President Bola Tinubu on Monday, July 20, approved 26 new appointments into 10 Federal Government agencies and commissions.
The appointments, which take immediate effect, are as follows:
1. Rural Electrification Agency (REA) Chairman: Ayo Fayose (former Governor of Ekiti State), Members/Non-Executive Directors: Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar, Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta, Director-General (incumbent): Abba Abubakar Aliyu Three previously appointed Executive Directors (board members)
2. National Salary and Wages Commission Chairman: Major General Junaid Bindawa Secretary: Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas (former Member of the House of Representatives, Lagos) Commissioners: Dr Ogbole Ene Lilian, Oladele Olatubosun (Oyo), Yakubu Umar Barde (Kaduna) Members: Dr Mai Adamu Yau (Borno), Ginika Florence Tor (Enugu), Engineer Lawrence Okoh (Edo), Bello Morenike Iyabode (Kogi)
3. Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission: Secretary: Tosin Johnson Adeyanju (moved from Executive Secretary, National Lottery Trust Fund)
4. National Population Commission Director-General: Dr Abuh Mohammed
5. Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) Managing Director: Dr Akinola Odeyemi
6. Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission Chairman/CEO: Dr Anthony Inalegwu Godwin
7. National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Kwara CEO: Engineer Julius Oloro (former council chairman, replaces the late Dr A.R. Kamal)
8. Fiscal Responsibility Commission Chairman: Dr Abdullahi Maikano Saidu Board Members: Mohammed Asmau, Mohammed Aliyu Makama, Dr Suleiman Gidado, Louis O. Ndukwe, Amaechi Ugwele, Olaniyi Idowu Onikola
9. National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education Executive Secretary: Shuni Muhammad Dahiru (replaces Prof. Shu’aibu Shehu Aliyu)
10. Federal Housing Authority: Executive Director (Finance): Gisaor Vincent Iorja (economist, legal scholar and current Secretary of Benue State Independent Electoral Commission)
