President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, alongside 25 others into 10 federal government agencies and commissions.
Fayose was named Chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta were appointed non-executive directors, while Abba Abubakar Aliyu remains the agency’s Director-General.
The President also appointed Major General Junaid Bindawa as Chairman of the National Salary and Wages Commission, with former House of Representatives member Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas named Secretary. He also approved the appointment of commissioners and members for 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 the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, and Dr Anthony Inalegwu Godwin as 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, Dr Abdullahi Maikano Saidu as Chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, Shuni Muhammad Dahiru as Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, and Gisaor Vincent Iorja as Executive Director (Finance) of the Federal Housing Authority.
The appointments take immediate effect.
