Wike’s ally Fayose finally gets Tinubu’s appointment

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 26 individuals to the boards and leadership of 10 Federal Government agencies and commissions, naming former Ekiti State Governor and Nyesom Wike’s ally Ayo Fayose as chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).

The appointments take immediate effect, according to a statement issued on Monday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga.

Under the new REA board, Fayose will serve as chairman alongside Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta as non-executive directors. The presidency said the agency’s Director-General, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and 3 previously appointed executive directors will complete the board.

Tinubu also appointed Major General Junaid Bindawa as chairman of the National Salary and Wages Commission and approved 8 other appointments into the commission.

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Former House of Representatives member Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas was named secretary of the commission, while Dr Ogbole Ene Lilian, Oladele Olatubosun and Yakubu Umar Barde were appointed commissioners representing Benue, Oyo and Kaduna states, respectively. Other members include Dr Mai Adamu Yau, Ginika Florence Tor, Engineer Lawrence Okoh and Bello Morenike Iyabode.

The president also redeployed the immediate past Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund, Ms Tosin Johnson Adeyanju, to serve as secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).

Other appointments include Dr Abuh Mohammed as director-general of the National Population Commission; Dr Akinola Odeyemi as managing director of Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc; Dr Anthony Inalegwu Godwin as chairman and chief executive officer of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, and Engineer Julius Oloro as chief executive officer of the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), replacing the late Dr A.R. Kamal.

Tinubu also constituted the board of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, appointing 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 was earlier reassigned to the Petroleum Trust Development Fund.

The president also approved the appointment of Gisaor Vincent Iorja as executive director (Finance) of the Federal Housing Authority, replacing Mathias Byuan, who resigned to contest the Benue State governorship election.

According to the presidency, all the appointments take immediate effect.