President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose as Chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), alongside 25 other appointments across the boards and leadership of 10 federal government agencies and commissions
The appointments take immediate effect and were announced on Monday in a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
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 complete the board.
Tinubu also appointed Major General Junaid Bindawa as Chairman of the National Salary and Wages Commission, with eight other members joining the commission. Former Lagos lawmaker Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas was named Secretary, while Dr Ogbole Ene Lilian, Oladele Olatubosun and Yakubu Umar Barde will serve as commissioners representing Benue, Oyo and Kaduna states respectively.
Other members of the commission include Dr Mai Adamu Yau, Ginika Florence Tor, Engineer Lawrence Okoh and Bello Morenike Iyabode.
The President also redeployed Tosin Johnson Adeyanju from the National Lottery Trust Fund to serve as Secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission.
Among other appointments, Dr Abuh Mohammed was named Director-General of the National Population Commission, Dr Akinola Odeyemi became Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, Dr Anthony Inalegwu Godwin was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, while Engineer Julius Oloro was named Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation, replacing the late Dr A.R. Kamal.
Tinubu also inaugurated the board of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission with Dr Abdullahi Maikano Saidu as Chairman. Other members of the board are Mohammed Asmau, Mohammed Aliyu Makama, Dr Suleiman Gidado, Louis O. Ndukwe, Amaechi Ugwele and Olaniyi Idowu Onikola.
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