The Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has appointment Muhammad Babangida, son of former military dictator Ibrahim Babangida, as the chairman of the Bank of Agriculture, adding that the appointment is part of ongoing efforts to reposition strategic government institutions for improved service delivery and national development.
Penpushing reports that the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga made this known in a statement adding that other appointments include Lydia Kalat Musa (Kaduna State) – Chairman, Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA) and Jamilu Wada Aliyu (Kano State) – Chairman, National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC)
The other appointees are Yahuza Ado Inuwa (Kano State) – Chairman, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Sanusi Musa, SAN (Kano State) – Chairman, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) and Prof. Al-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu (Sokoto State) – Director-General, Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA)
Penpushing further reports the list include Sanusi Garba Rikiji (Zamfara State) – Director-General, Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN) Mrs Tomi Somefun (Oyo State) – Managing Director, National Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC)
The statement equally added that another appointee is Dr Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria (Kaduna State) – Executive Director, Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC)
Penpushing also reports that Onanuga explained that the appointment was part of a fresh round of leadership changes across several federal institutions, with eight other individuals also named to head or chair key government agencies.
Meanwhile, the 53-year-old Babangida, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s in Public Relations and Business Communication from the European University in Montreux, Switzerland, and completed an Executive Programme on Corporate Governance at Harvard Business School in 2002.
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