Tinubu appoints Ganduje, Abe, Afikuyomi, others as board chairpersons

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of board chairpersons for 42 federal organisations and a secretary for the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons Services Board.

The President also named a new Managing-Director for the Nigerian Railway Corporation and a Director-General for the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI).

In a statement released on Thursday by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the appointments were described as part of the administration’s efforts to strengthen governance and institutional performance.

President Tinubu directed the appointed board chairpersons to respect their non-executive roles and refrain from interfering in the day-to-day management of their respective organisations.

The appointments take immediate effect. Among the key appointees are Hillard Eta (Cross-River) as Chairman of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi (Lagos) as Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs.

Former Kano State governor, who is the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi U. Ganduje, has been named Chairman of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), while Secretary of the party, Sen. Surajudeen Bashiru Ajibola, takes on the role of Chairman of the National Sugar Development Council.

Sulaiman Argungu has been appointed Chairman of the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company, and Sen. Magnus Abe will serve as Chairman of the National Agency for Great Green Wall.

Festus Fuanter will chair the National Teachers Institute, while Raji Kazeem Kolawole has been named Director-General of the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI).

Chief Victor Tombari Giadom is now the Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, and Comrade Mustapha Salihu takes on the role at the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria.

Hamma Adama Ali Kumo will chair the Industrial Training Fund, and Donatus Enyinnah Nwankpa has been appointed Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology.

Sen. Abubakar Maikafi has been named Chairman of the Sheda Science and Technology Complex, and Nasiru Gawuna will chair the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria.
Sen. Tokunbo Afikuyomi has been appointed Chairman of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion, while Chief D.J. Kekemeke will serve as Chairman of the Nigerian Postal Service.

Other notable appointments include Musa Sarkin Adar as Chairman of the National Inland Waterways Authority; Prof. Abdulkarim Kana Abubakar as Chairman of the National Steel Council, and Garba Datti Muhammad as Chairman of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency.

Mu’azu Bawa Rijau has been appointed Chairman of the National Bio-Safety Management Agency, and Durosimi Meseko will chair the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute.

In the health sector, Hajia Zainab A. Ibrahim has been named Chairman of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, while Aare Durotolu Oyebode Bankole will chair the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti.

Abdullahi Dayo Israel has been appointed chairman of the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, and Dr. Mary Alile Idele will chair the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba.

Additional appointments include Nze Chidi Duru (Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja), Emma Eneukwu (Federal Medical Centre, Owerri), and Mr. Uguru Mathew Ofoke (Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia).

Felix Chukwumenoye Morka will chair the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, while Alh. Bashir Usman Gumel has been named Chairman of the Federal Medical Centre, Yola.

Dr. Ijeoma Arodiogbu will chair the David Umahi Federal University Teaching Hospital in Ebonyi State, and Chief Edward Omo-Erewa has been appointed Chairman of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency.

Yusuf Hamisu Abubakar will lead the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), and Ali Bukar Dalori has been named Chairman of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi.

Lawal M. Liman will chair the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital in Zaria, and Dr. Abubakar Isa Maiha will oversee the Federal Medical Centre, Katsina.
Isa Sadiq Achida has been named chairman of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), while Dr. Mohammed Gusau Hassan will chair the Federal Medical Centre, Birnin Kudu.

Yahuza Ado Inuwa has been appointed Chairman of the National Building and Road Research Institute, and Amb. Abubakar Shehu Wurno will chair the Sokoto-Rima River Basin Development Authority.

Augustine Chukwu Umahi will lead the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, while Babatunde Fakoyede will chair the Federal Scholarship Board. Shola Olofin has been named chairman of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund. Dr. Kayode Isiak Opeifa has been appointed managing director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, and Major Gen. Jubril Abdulmalik (rtd) will serve as Secretary of the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons Services Board.