President Tinubu Appoints Fayose, 25 Others to Head Federal Agencies and Commissions

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of former Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose and 25 other individuals to leadership positions across 10 federal government agencies and commissions.

Fayose, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of the Rural Electrification Agency, REA while Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta were appointed as members and non-executive directors of the REA Board.

The board also includes the incumbent Director-General of the agency, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three executive directors previously appointed.

The appointments take immediate effect.

President Tinubu has also appointed Major General Junaid Bindawa as Chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission.

Eight other appointments were made to the Commission. Former member of the House of Representatives from Lagos, Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, was appointed Secretary of the Commission.

The new Commissioners are Dr. Ogbole Ene Lilian, representing Benue; Oladele Olatubosun, representing Oyo; and Yakubu Umar Barde, representing Kaduna.

Other members appointed are Dr. Mai Adamu Yau from Borno, Ginika Florence Tor from Enugu, Engineer Lawrence Okoh from Edo, and Bello Morenike Iyabode from Kogi.

Other key appointments are that of Tosin Johnson Adeyanju, previously appointed as Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund, NLTF, but redeployed to the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission as Secretary.

Dr. Abuh Mohammed was appointed Director-General of the National Population Commission.

Dr. Akinola Odeyemi was appointed Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading, NBET.

Dr. Anthony Inalegwu Godwin was appointed Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission.

Engineer Julius Oloro, a former council chairman, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation, NCAM, in Kwara State. He replaces Dr. A.R. Kamal, who passed away in January.

President Tinubu constituted the Board of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission with Dr. Abdullahi Maikano Saidu as Chairman. Board members include Mohammed Asmau, Mohammed Aliyu Makama, Dr. Suleiman Gidado, Louis O. Ndukwe, Amaechi Ugwele, and Olaniyi Idowu Onikola.

Shuni Muhammad Dahiru was appointed Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education. He replaces Professor Shu’aibu Shehu Aliyu, who was reassigned to the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, in April.

To fill the vacancy at the Federal Housing Authority, Gisaor Vincent Iorja was appointed Executive Director, Finance.

The position became vacant following the resignation of Mathias Byuan to contest the governorship election in Benue.

Iorja is an economist, legal scholar, and academic currently serving as Secretary of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission, BSIEC.