- One of the appointees is Muhammad Babangida, son of former military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida.
President Bola Tinubu has appointed new faces to head key government agencies in the country.
One of the appointees is Muhammad Babangida, son of former military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida.
Babangida will chair the revived Bank of Agriculture, a statement on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed.
Babangida, 53, holds a degree in Business Administration and a Master’s in Public Relations and Business Communication from the European University in Switzerland.
He also completed an Executive Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Business School in 2002.
The statement also announced the appointments of several other individuals to leadership roles in federal agencies:
Lydia Kalat Musa (Kaduna): Chairman, Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority
Jamilu Wada Aliyu (Kano): Chairman, National Educational Research and Development Council
Yahuza Ado Inuwa (Kano): Chairman, Standard Organisation of Nigeria
Sanusi Musa (SAN) (Kano): Chairman, Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution
Prof. Al-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu (Sokoto): DG, Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa
Sanusi Garba Rikiji (Zamfara): DG, Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations
Mrs Tomi Somefun (Oyo): MD, National Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission
Dr Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria (Kaduna): Executive Director, Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission