Breaking: Tinubu Appoints Fayose REA Chairman, Names 25 Others to Federal Agencies
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 26 persons into the boards and leadership of 10 federal government agencies and commissions, with former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, named as Chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).
The appointments, which take immediate effect, were announced on Monday in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
According to the Presidency, Fayose will chair the REA Board alongside Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta as non-executive directors, while the agency’s Director-General, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three previously appointed executive directors will serve as members of the board.
President Tinubu also appointed Major General Junaid Bindawa (Rtd.) as Chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, with Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, a former member of the House of Representatives, named Secretary of the Commission.
Other appointments into the commission include Dr. Ogbole Ene Lilian (Benue), Oladele Olatubosun (Oyo) and Yakubu Umar Barde (Kaduna) as commissioners, while Dr. Mai Adamu Yau (Borno), Ginika Florence Tor (Enugu), Engineer Lawrence Okoh (Edo) and Bello Morenike Iyabode (Kogi) were appointed members.
The President also redeployed Tosin Johnson Adeyanju, the immediate past Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund, as Secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission.
Among other key appointments, Dr. Abuh Mohammed was named Director-General of the National Population Commission, Dr. Akinola Odeyemi emerged as Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, while Dr. Anthony Inalegwu Godwin was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission.
Tinubu also appointed Engineer Julius Oloro as Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), replacing Dr. A.R. Kamal, who died in January.
In addition, the President constituted the board of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission with Dr. Abdullahi Maikano Saidu as Chairman. Other members of the board are Mohammed Asmau, Mohammed Aliyu Makama, Dr. Suleiman Gidado, Louis O. Ndukwe, Amaechi Ugwele, and Olaniyi Idowu Onikola.
Also appointed was Shuni Muhammad Dahiru as Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, replacing Professor Shu’aibu Shehu Aliyu, who was earlier reassigned to the Petroleum Trust Development Fund.
The President further approved the appointment of Gisaor Vincent Iorja as Executive Director (Finance) of the Federal Housing Authority, replacing Mathias Byuan, who resigned to pursue the Benue State governorship.
The Presidency said all the appointments take immediate effect as part of the Federal Government’s efforts to strengthen the leadership and operational efficiency of key public institutions.