President Bola Tinubu on Monday announced 26 new appointments into 10 Federal Government agencies and commissions, with former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, emerging as Chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), and Major General Junaid Bindawa (rtd) as Chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission.
In a release issued by presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, Fayose heads the board of the REA, with Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta appointed as members and non-executive directors. The incumbent DG of the agency, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three executive directors previously appointed make up the remaining board members.
The President made eight other appointments to the Wages Commission, along with Major General Bindawa. Former member of the House of Representatives from Lagos, Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, is the new Secretary of the commission. Dr. Ogbole Ene Lilian, Oladele Olatubosun, and Yakubu Umar Barde, representing Benue, Oyo and Kaduna, were appointed as commissioners.
Dr. Mai Adamu Yau, from Borno, Ginika Florence Tor (Enugu), Engineer Lawrence Okoh (Edo) and Bello Morenike Iyabode (Kogi) were appointed as members of the commission.
Tosin Johnson Adeyanju, who was previously appointed as the Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF), has now been moved to the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission as Secretary.
Tinubu also appointed Dr. Abuh Mohammed as Director-General of the National Population Commission, Dr. Akinola Odeyemi as Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET), and Dr. Anthony Inalegwu Godwin as Chairman/CEO of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission.
