President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a fresh set of key appointments, naming Senator Dr Ibrahim Ida as Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and nominating seven individuals as Federal Commissioners for the National Population Commission (NPC).
According to a State House press release issued on Monday, Ida, who previously represented Katsina Central in the Senate, brings a wealth of experience in public service, having served as Commissioner of Finance in Katsina State and Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil Service.
The statement listed the nominees for the NPC to include: Kolawole Oladipupo Alabi (Ekiti), Nasiru Mu’azu (Zamfara), Usman Abubakar Tuggar (Bauchi), Dr Isaka Alada Yahaya (Kwara), Prof. Sadiq Isah Radda (Katsina), Suleiman Umar (Jigawa), and Hon. Chiso Abdullahi Dattijo (Sokoto).
It noted that the appointments are “subject to confirmation by the National Assembly.”
The President also appointed Dr Yusuf Mohammed as Chairman of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaltungo.
In addition, Tinubu confirmed the appointment of Bala Mohammed Bello as Special Adviser on Political Economy.
Bello, who hails from Taraba State, previously served as a Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Nigeria and as Executive Director (Corporate Services) at the Nigerian Export-Import Bank between 2017 and 2022.
The statement expressed confidence in the appointees, noting that the President “strongly believes in the capacities of the appointees to put in their best to further the administration’s commitment to a better lease of life for Nigerians.”