President Tinubu Announces 26 Fresh Appointments into Federal Agencies
President Bola Tinubu has approved 26 new appointments into 10 federal government agencies and commissions, with former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose named chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and Major General Junaid Bindawa as chairman of the National Salary and Wages Commission. The announcement was made in a statement by presidential media aide Bayo Onanuga on Saturday.
Fayose Heads REA Board
According to the statement, Fayose will lead the board of the REA. Other board members include Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta as non-executive directors. The incumbent Director-General of the agency, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, along with three previously appointed executive directors, complete the board.
Wages Commission Gets New Chairman, Commissioners
Major General Junaid Bindawa (retired) was appointed chairman of the National Salary and Wages Commission. Former House of Representatives member from Lagos, Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, becomes the commission's secretary. Commissioners appointed include Dr. Ogbole Ene Lilian (Benue), Oladele Olatubosun (Oyo), and Yakubu Umar Barde (Kaduna). Members of the commission are Dr. Mai Adamu Yau (Borno), Ginika Florence Tor (Enugu), Engineer Lawrence Okoh (Edo), and Bello Morenike Iyabode (Kogi).
Key Leadership Changes in Other Agencies
Tosin Johnson Adeyanju, previously appointed as Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF), has been reassigned as Secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission. Dr. Abuh Mohammed was appointed Director-General of the National Population Commission. Dr. Akinola Odeyemi becomes Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET). Dr. Anthony Inalegwu Godwin was named chairman/CEO of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission.
Engineer Julius Oloro, a former council chairman, takes over as CEO of the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) in Kwara State, replacing Dr. A.R. Kamal, who died in January. The board of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission was constituted with Dr. Abdullahi Maikano Saidu as chairman. Board members include Mohammed Asmau, Mohammed Aliyu Makama, Dr. Suleiman Gidado, Louis O. Ndukwe, Amaechi Ugwele, and Olaniyi Idowu Onikola.
Shuni Muhammad Dahiru is the new 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. To replace Mathias Byuan, who resigned as Executive Director, Finance of the Federal Housing Authority to contest the Benue governorship election, President Tinubu appointed Gisaor Vincent Iorja, an economist and legal scholar currently serving as Secretary of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC).
Onanuga stated that all appointments take immediate effect.
