President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 26 persons to the boards and management of 10 federal government agencies and commissions.
Among the appointees is Ayo Fayose, former governor of Ekiti, who was named chairman of the board of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).
Major General Junaid Bindawa (rtd) as Chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission
The appointments, announced in a statement on Monday by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, take immediate effect.
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)
