President Bola Tinubu has announced 26 new appointments across 10 federal agencies and commissions, with former Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose named as chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). The appointments, disclosed in a statement issued on July 20, 2026, by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, take immediate effect.
Key Figures Named Across Agencies
Fayose will head the REA board alongside two new members: Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta, who join as non-executive directors. The agency's current Director-General, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three previously appointed executive directors remain on the board. Major General Junaid Bindawa was named chairman of the National Salary and Wages Commission, with former Lagos House of Representatives member Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas serving as secretary. The commission's new commissioners include Dr Ogbole Ene Lilian (Benue), Oladele Olatubosun (Oyo), and Yakubu Umar Barde (Kaduna). Four additional members drawn from Borno, Enugu, Edo, and Kogi states also joined the commission.
Tosin Johnson Adeyanju, who had earlier been named Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund, was reassigned to the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission as Secretary.
Other Appointments Announced
Dr Abuh Mohammed was named Director-General of the National Population Commission, while Dr Akinola Odeyemi was appointed Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company. Dr Anthony Inalegwu Godwin will serve as chairman and chief executive of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission.
Engineer Julius Oloro, a former council chairman, was appointed chief executive of the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation in Kwara State. He replaces Dr A.R. Kamal, who died in January.
The Fiscal Responsibility Commission also got a new board, with Dr Abdullahi Maikano Saidu as chairman. Its members include Mohammed Asmau, Mohammed Aliyu Makama, Dr Suleiman Gidado, Louis O. Ndukwe, Amaechi Ugwele, and Olaniyi Idowu Onikola.
Shuni Muhammad Dahiru was named executive secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, stepping into the role left by Professor Shu'aibu Shehu Aliyu, who was moved to the Petroleum Trust Development Fund in April.
At the Federal Housing Authority, Gisaor Vincent Iorja was appointed executive director of finance. Iorja, an economist, legal scholar, and academic, currently serves as secretary of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission. He replaces Mathias Byuan, who resigned to contest the Benue governorship election.
