President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of chairpersons and chief executive officers for 42 federal organizations, alongside a secretary for the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons Services Board.
The appointments, which take immediate effect, were announced in a statement from the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. The president directed that board chairpersons focus on their non-executive roles and avoid interference in the management of the organizations.
Below is the full list of appointees:
- National Youth Service Corps: Hillard Eta (Chairman, Cross River State)
- Nigerian Institute of International Affairs: Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi (Chairman, Lagos State)
- Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria: Abdullahi Ganduje (Chairman, Kano State)
- National Sugar Development Council: Surajudeen Ajibola (Chairman, Osun State)
- Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company: Sulaiman Argungu (Chairman, Kebbi State)
- National Agency for Great Green Wall: Senator Magnus Abe (Chairman, Rivers State)
- National Teachers Institute: Festus Fuanter (Chairman, Plateau State)
- National Board for Technology Incubation: Raji Kolawole (Director-General, Oyo State)
- Nigerian Institute of Educational Planning and Administration: Victor Giadom (Chairman, Rivers State)
- Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria: Mustapha Salihu (Chairman, Adamawa State)
- Industrial Training Fund: Hamma Kumo (Chairman, Gombe State)
- Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology: Donatus Nwankpa (Chairman, Abia State)
- Sheda Science and Technology Complex: Senator Abubakar Maikafi (Chairman, Bauchi State)
- Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria: Nasiru Gawuna (Chairman, Kano State)
- National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion: Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi (Chairman, Lagos State)
- Nigerian Postal Service: D.J. Kekemeke (Chairman, Ondo State)
- National Inland Waterways Authority: Musa Adar (Chairman, Sokoto State)
- National Steel Council: Prof. Abdulkarim Abubakar (Chairman, Nasarawa State)
- National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency: Garba Muhammad (Chairman, Kaduna State)
- National Bio-Safety Management Agency: Mu’azu Rijau (Chairman, Niger State)
- Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute: Durosimi Meseko (Chairman, Kogi State)
- Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe: Zainab Ibrahim (Chairman, Taraba State)
- Nigerian Railway Corporation: Dr. Kayode Opeifa (Managing Director, Lagos State)
- Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti: Durotolu Bankole (Chairman, Ogun State)
- Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta: Dayo Israel (Chairman, Lagos State)
- Federal Medical Centre, Asaba: Mary Idele (Chairman, Edo State)
- Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja: Chidi Duru (Chairman, Anambra State)
- Federal Medical Centre, Owerri: Emma Eneukwu (Chairman, Enugu State)
- Civil Defence, Immigration and Prisons Services Board: Maj-Gen. Jubril Abdulmalik (Rtd.) (Secretary, Kano State)
- Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia: Uguru Ofoke (Chairman, Ebonyi State)
- Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa: Felix Morka (Chairman, Delta State)
- Federal Medical Centre, Yola: Bashir Gumel (Chairman, Jigawa State)
- David Umahi Federal University Teaching Hospital, Ubuhu, Ebonyi State: Dr. Ijeoma Arodiogbu (Chairman, Imo State)
- National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency: Edward Omo-Erewa (Chairman, Edo State)
- Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA): Yusuf Abubakar (Chairman, Kaduna State)
- Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi: Ali Dalori (Chairman, Borno State)
- Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, Zaria: Lawal Liman (Chairman, Kaduna State)
- Federal Medical Centre, Katsina: Dr. Abubakar Maiha (Chairman)
- Raw Materials Research and Development Council: Isa Achida (Chairman, Sokoto State)
- Federal Medical Centre, Birnin Kudu: Dr. Mohammed Hassan (Chairman, Zamfara State)
- National Building and Road Research Institute: Yahuza Inuwa (Chairman, Nasarawa State)
- Sokoto-Rima River Basin Development Authority: Abubakar Wurno (Chairman, Sokoto State)
- Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital: Augustine Umahi (Chairman, Ebonyi State)
- Federal Scholarship Board: Babatunde Fakoyede (Chairman, Ekiti State)
- Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund: Shola Olofin (Chairman, Ekiti State)