President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 26 people to the boards and leadership of 10 federal government agencies and commissions, with former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose named Chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).
The appointments take immediate effect, according to a statement released on Monday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
“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,” the statement read.
The Presidency said Fayose will lead the REA board alongside Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta as members and non-executive directors. It added that “the incumbent DG of the agency, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three executive directors previously appointed make up the remaining board members.”
Tinubu also appointed Major General Junaid Bindawa as Chairman of the National Salary and Wages Commission and approved eight other appointments into the commission.
The statement added that “Former member of the House of Representatives from Lagos, Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, is the new secretary of the commission,” while Dr Ogbole Ene Lilian, Oladele Olatubosun and Yakubu Umar Barde were named commissioners representing Benue, Oyo and Kaduna states.
It further stated that “Dr Mai Adamu Yau, from Borno, Ginika Florence Tor (Enugu), Engineer Lawrence Okoh (Edo) and Bello Morenike Iyabode (Kogi) were appointed as members of the Commission.”
Other appointments include Tosin Johnson Adeyanju as Secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission, 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 NCAM.
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.”
Tinubu also approved appointments into the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, named Shuni Muhammad Dahiru as Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, appointed Gisaor Vincent Iorja as Executive Director (Finance) of the Federal Housing Authority, and said “all the appointments take immediate effect.”
