President Bola Tinubu has approved 26 federal appointments into the boards and leadership of 10 government agencies and commissions, with former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose appointed as Chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). The appointments take immediate effect.
The announcement was made on Monday in a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. The statement read, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced 26 new appointments into 10 Federal Government agencies and commissions, with former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, emerging as chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), and Major General Junaid Bindawa as chairman of the National Salary and Wages Commission.”
Under the new federal appointments, Ayo Fayose will chair the REA board alongside Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta as non-executive directors. The Presidency added that “the incumbent DG of the agency, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three executive directors previously appointed make up the remaining board members.”
President Tinubu also appointed Major General Junaid Bindawa as Chairman of the National Salary and Wages Commission, with former House of Representatives member Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas named Secretary. Other members appointed to the commission include Dr Ogbole Ene Lilian, Oladele Olatubosun, Yakubu Umar Barde, Dr Mai Adamu Yau, Ginika Florence Tor, Engineer Lawrence Okoh, and Bello Morenike Iyabode.
The federal appointments also include Dr Abuh Mohammed as Director-General of the National Population Commission, Dr Akinola Odeyemi as Managing Director of Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, Dr Anthony Inalegwu Godwin as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, and Engineer Julius Oloro as Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation. According to the statement, “Engineer Julius Oloro, a former council chairman, is the new CEO of the Kwara-based National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), replacing Dr A.R. Kamal, who died last January.”
In addition, Tosin Johnson Adeyanju was redeployed as Secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission, while Dr Abdullahi Maikano Saidu was appointed Chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission. The President also named Shuni Muhammad Dahiru as Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education and Gisaor Vincent Iorja as Executive Director (Finance) of the Federal Housing Authority.
The Presidency confirmed that “all the appointments take immediate effect.”
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