Tinubu appoints Babangida’s son as Chairman Bank of Agriculture

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Muhammad Babangida, son of former military president Ibrahim Babangida, as the new chairman of the restructured Bank of Agriculture

The appointment was confirmed in a State House press release issued on Thursday, July 18, by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

Muhammad Babangida, 53, is an alumnus of the European University in Montreux, Switzerland, where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Public Relations and Business Communication. He also completed the Executive Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Business School in 2002.

His appointment is part of a broader shake-up involving leadership changes in several key federal institutions. President Tinubu also approved the appointment of seven other individuals as chairpersons and heads of strategic government agencies.

They include:

• Lydia Kalat Musa (Kaduna State) – Chairman, Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA)
• Jamilu Wada Aliyu (Kano State) – Chairman, National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC)
• Hon. Yahuza Ado Inuwa (Kano State) – Chairman, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON)
• Sanusi Musa, SAN (Kano State) – Chairman, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR)
• Prof. Al-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu (Sokoto State) – Director-General, Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA)
• Sanusi Garba Rikiji (Zamfara State) – Director-General, Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN)
• Mrs. Tomi Somefun (Oyo State) – Managing Director, National Hydro-Electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC)
• Dr. Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria (Kaduna State) – Executive Director, Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC)

The Presidency said the appointments are in line with President Tinubu’s agenda to reposition and revitalize federal institutions for improved governance and national development.

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