Tinubu appoints Fayose REA chairman, names 25 others

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 26 people into the boards and leadership of 10 federal government agencies and commissions. The appointments were announced on Monday and take immediate effect. Among those named is former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose, who will serve as Chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).

The appointments were made public in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. According to the Presidency, the appointments are part of efforts to strengthen the leadership of key government institutions.

Fayose will lead the board of the Rural Electrification Agency alongside Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta, who were appointed as members and non-executive directors. The board will also include the agency’s Director-General, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three executive directors already serving in the agency.

President Tinubu also appointed Major General Junaid Bindawa as Chairman of the National Salary and Wages Commission. Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, a former member of the House of Representatives, was named Secretary of the commission, while Dr. Ogbole Ene Lilian, Oladele Olatubosun and Yakubu Umar Barde were appointed as commissioners representing Benue, Oyo and Kaduna states. Other members include Dr. Mai Adamu Yau, Ginika Florence Tor, Engineer Lawrence Okoh and Bello Morenike Iyabode.

In another development, Tosin Johnson Adeyanju was moved from his position as Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund to become Secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission.

The President also approved the appointment of Dr. Abuh Mohammed as Director-General of the National Population Commission and named Dr. Akinola Odeyemi as 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 constituted 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.

In addition, Shuni Muhammad Dahiru was appointed Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, replacing Professor Shu’aibu Shehu Aliyu, who had earlier been reassigned to the Petroleum Trust Development Fund.

The President also named Gisaor Vincent Iorja as Executive Director of Finance at the Federal Housing Authority, replacing Mathias Byuan, who left the position after resigning to contest the Benue State governorship election.

According to the Presidency, all the appointments became effective immediately following the President’s approval.