Tinubu appoints Ayo Fayose REA chairman, names 25 others into boards of federal agencies

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of 26 persons into the boards and leadership of 10 federal government agencies and commissions, with former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, appointed as Chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).

The appointments, which take immediate effect, were announced on Monday in a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

According to the Presidency, Fayose will chair the REA board alongside Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta as members and non-executive directors, while the agency’s Director-General, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three previously appointed executive directors complete the board.

President Tinubu also appointed Major General Junaid Bindawa (Rtd.) as Chairman of the National Salary and Wages Commission, alongside eight other members.

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 of the commission include Dr. Mai Adamu Yau (Borno), Ginika Florence Tor (Enugu), Engineer Lawrence Okoh (Edo), and Bello Morenike Iyabode (Kogi).

The President also redeployed Tosin Johnson Adeyanju, formerly Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund, to serve as Secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission.

Other appointments include:

– Dr. Abuh Mohammed – Director-General, National Population Commission (NPC)
– Dr. Akinola Odeyemi – Managing Director, Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET)
– Dr. Anthony Inalegwu Godwin – Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission
– Engineer Julius Oloro – Chief Executive Officer, National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), replacing the late Dr. A.R. Kamal

President Tinubu also approved the constitution of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission board with 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 named Gisaor Vincent Iorja as Executive Director (Finance) of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), replacing Mathias Byuan, who resigned to contest the Benue State governorship election.