…Ganduje, Abe Makes list of Tinubu’s Chairpersons
By Ebiere Kekeboro
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced the appointment of board chairpersons for 42 federal organizations and a secretary to the board of the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons Services. The President has also appointed a new managing director for the Nigerian Railway Corporation and a director-general for the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI).
According to a statement by Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu directed the board chairpersons not to interfere with the management of the organizations, emphasizing that their positions are non-executive.
The appointments take immediate effect, and the list of appointees includes:
– Hon. Hillard Eta as Chairman of the National Youth Service Corps (Cross River)
– Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi as Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (Lagos)
– H.E. Abdullahi U. Ganduje as Chairman of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (Kano)
– Sen. Surajudeen Bashiru Ajibola as Chairman of the National Sugar Development Council (Osun)
– H.E. Sulaiman Argungu as Chairman of the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company (Kebbi)
– Sen. Magnus Abe as Chairman of the National Agency for Great Green Wall (Rivers)
– Barr. Festus Fuanter as Chairman of the National Teachers Institute (Plateau)
– Raji, Kazeem Kolawole as Director-General of the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI) (Oyo)
– Chief Victor Tombari Giadom as Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (Rivers)
– Comrade Mustapha Salihu as Chairman of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (Adamawa)
– Hon. Hamma Adama Ali Kumo as Chairman of the Industrial Training Fund (Gombe)
– Donatus Enyinnah Nwankpa as Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology (Abia)
– Sen. Abubakar Maikafi as Chairman of the Sheda Science and Technology Complex (Bauchi)
– H.E. Nasiru Gawuna as Chairman of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (Kano)
– Sen. Tokunbo Afikuyomi as Chairman of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (Lagos)
– Chief D. J. Kekemeke as Chairman of the Nigerian Postal Service (Ondo)
– Hon. Musa Sarkin Adar as Chairman of the National Inland Waterways Authority (Sokoto)
– Prof. Abdulkarim Kana Abubakar as Chairman of the National Steel Council (Nasarawa)
– Hon. Garba Datti Muhammad as Chairman of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (Kaduna)
– Mu’azu Bawa Rijau as Chairman of the National Bio-Safety Management Agency (Niger)
– Hon. Durosimi Meseko as Chairman of the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (Kogi)
– Hajia Zainab A. Ibrahim as Chairman of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe (Taraba)
– Dr. Kayode Isiak Opeifa as Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (Lagos)
– Aare (Hon.) Durotolu Oyebode Bankole as Chairman of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti (Ogun)
– Mr Abdullahi Dayo Israel as Chairman of the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta (Lagos)
– Dr. Mrs. Mary Alile Idele as Chairman of the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba (Edo)
– Nze Chidi Duru (OON) as Chairman of the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja (Anambra)
– Hon. Emma Eneukwu as Chairman of the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri (Enugu)
– Major Gen. Jubril Abdulmalik Rtd as Secretary to the Board of the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons Services (Kano)
– Mr. Uguru Mathew Ofoke as Chairman of the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia (Ebonyi)
– Barr. Felix Chukwumenoye Morka as Chairman of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa (Delta)
– Alh. Bashir Usman Gumel as Chairman of the Federal Medical Centre, Yola (Jigawa)
– Dr. Ijeoma Arodiogbu as Chairman of the David Umahi Federal University Teaching Hospital, Uburu, Ebonyi State (Imo)
– Chief Edward Omo-Erewa as Chairman of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (Edo)
– Yusuf Hamisu Abubakar as Chairman of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) (Kaduna)
– Hon. Ali Bukar Dalori as Chairman of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital,