Tinubu appoints Fayose, ex-lawmaker, others into key federal agencies
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 26 individuals into the boards and leadership of 10 federal agencies and commissions, with former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, named Chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).
According to a statement issued by the President's Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Fayose will lead the REA board alongside Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta as non-executive directors. The agency's Director-General, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three previously appointed executive directors will complete the board.
The President also appointed Major General Junaid Bindawa as Chairman of the National Salary and Wages Commission, while former Lagos lawmaker, Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, was named Secretary of the Commission.
Other appointments to the commission include Dr Ogbole Ene Lilian (Benue), Oladele Olatubosun (Oyo), Yakubu Umar Barde (Kaduna), Dr Mai Adamu Yau (Borno), Ginika Florence Tor (Enugu), Engineer Lawrence Okoh (Edo), and Bello Morenike Iyabode (Kogi).
In another development, Tosin Johnson Adeyanju, who previously served as Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF), has been redeployed as Secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission.
President Tinubu also appointed Dr Abuh Mohammed as Director-General of the National Population Commission, Dr Akinola Odeyemi as Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET), and Dr Anthony Inalegwu Godwin as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission.
Additionally, Engineer Julius Oloro has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), succeeding the late Dr A.R. Kamal, who died in January.
The Presidency said all the appointments take immediate effect.
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