Fayose Lands Federal Appointment As Tinubu Names 26 Agency Chiefs
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, emerging as Chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).
The appointments, which take immediate effect, were announced on Monday in a statement 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 complete the board.
Tinubu also appointed Major General Junaid Bindawa as Chairman of the National Salary and Wages Commission and approved eight other appointments into the commission.
Former Lagos lawmaker Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas was named Secretary of the commission, while Dr. Ogbole Ene Lilian, Oladele Olatubosun and Yakubu Umar Barde were appointed commissioners representing Benue, Oyo and Kaduna states, respectively.
Other appointments include Dr. Abuh Mohammed as Director-General of the National Population Commission, Dr. Akinola Odeyemi as Managing Director of the 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.
The President also constituted a new board for the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, with Dr. Abdullahi Maikano Saidu as chairman, alongside six other members.
In addition, Shuni Muhammad Dahiru was appointed Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, while Gisaor Vincent Iorja emerged as Executive Director (Finance) of the Federal Housing Authority.
The Presidency said all the appointments take immediate effect.
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