WATCH THE VIDEO HERE NaijaOnPoint Nigeria reports that President Bola Tinubu has approved the fresh appointments of board persons and Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of various government establishments. The President, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, appointed board chairpersons for 42 federal organizations and a secretary to the board of the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons Services. The President also appointed a new managing director for the Nigerian Railway Corporation and a director-general for the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI). President Tinubu directed the board chairpersons not to interfere with the management of the organizations, emphasizing that their positions are non-executive. All the appointments take immediate effect, according to the statement released by Onanuga. 1. NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS, MINISTRY OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT 2. NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 3. FEDERAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY OF NIGERIA, MINISTRY OF AVIATION 4. NATIONAL SUGAR DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 5. NIGERIA BULK ELECTRICITY TRADING COMPANY 6. NATIONAL AGENCY FOR GREAT GREEN WALL 7. NATIONAL TEACHERS INSTITUTE 8. NATIONAL BOARD FOR TECHNOLOGY INCUBATION (NBTI) 9. NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION 10. TEACHERS REGISTRATION COUNCIL OF NIGERIA 11. INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FUND 12. NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY 13. SHEDA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMPLEX 14. FEDERAL MORTGAGE BANK OF NIGERIA 15. NATIONAL OFFICE FOR TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION AND PROMOTION 16. NIGERIAN POSTAL SERVICE 17. NATIONAL INLAND WATERWAYS AUTHORITY 18. NATIONAL STEEL COUNCIL 19. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS 20. NATIONAL BIO-SAFETY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 21. NIGERIAN BUILDING AND ROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE 22. FEDERAL TEACHING HOSPITAL, GOMBE 23. NIGERIAN RAILWAY CORPORATION 24. FEDERAL TEACHING HOSPITAL, IDO-EKITI 25. FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, ABEOKUTA 26. FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, ASABA 27. FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, LOKOJA 28. FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, OWERRI 29. CIVIL DEFENCE, IMMIGRATION AND PRISONS SERVICES BOARD 30. FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, UMUAHIA 31. FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, YENAGOA 32. FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, YOLA 33. DAVID UMAHI FEDERAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, UBUHU, EBONYI STATE 34. NATIONAL OIL SPILL DETECTION AND RESPONSE AGENCY 35. NIGERIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION AND SAFETY AGENCY (NIMASA) 36. NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, NNEWI, ANAMBRA STATE 37. AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, SHIKA, ZARIA, 38. FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE KATSINA 39. RAW MATERIALS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (RMRDC) 40. FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE BIRNIN KUDU 41. NATIONAL BUILDING AND ROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE 42. SOKOTO-RIMA RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 43. AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL 44. FEDERAL SCHOLARSHIP BOARD 45. NIGERIAN SOCIAL INSURANCE TRUST FUNDBelow is the full list of the fresh appointments made by President Tinubu:
– Hon. Hillard Eta Chairman (Cross River)
– Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, Chairman (Lagos)
– H. E. Abdullahi U. Ganduje, Chairman (Kano)
– Sen. Surajudeen Bashiru Ajibola, Chairman (Osun)
– H. E. Sulaiman Argungu, Chairman (Kebbi)
– Sen. Magnus Abe, Chairman (Rivers)
– Barr. Festus Fuanter, Chairman (Plateau)
– Raji, Kazeem Kolawole, Director-General (Oyo)
– Chief Victor Tombari Giadom, Chairman (Rivers)
– Comrade Mustapha Salihu, Chairman (Adamawa)
– Hon. Hamma Adama Ali Kumo, Chairman (Gombe)
– Donatus Enyinnah Nwankpa, Chairman (Abia)
– Sen. Abubakar Maikafi, Chairman (Bauchi)
– H. E. Nasiru Gawuna, Chairman (Kano)
– Sen. Tokunbo Afikuyomi, Chairman (Lagos)
– Chief D. J. Kekemeke, Chairman (Ondo)
– Hon. Musa Sarkin Adar, Chairman (Sokoto)
– Prof. Abdulkarim Kana Abubakar, Chairman (Nasarawa)
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
– Hon. Garba Datti Muhammad, Chairman (Kaduna)
– Mu’azu Bawa Rijau, Chairman (Niger)
– Hon. Durosimi Meseko, Chairman (Kogi)
– Hajia Zainab A. Ibrahim, Chairman (Taraba)
– Dr.Kayode Isiak Opeifa, Managing Director (Lagos)
– Aare (Hon.) Durotolu Oyebode Bankole, Chairman (Ogun)
– Mr Abdullahi Dayo Israel, Chairman (Lagos)
– Dr. Mrs. Mary Alile Idele, Chairman (Edo)
– Nze Chidi Duru (OON), Chairman (Anambra)
– Hon. Emma Eneukwu, Chairman (Enugu)
– Major Gen. Jubril Abdulmalik Rtd, Secretary (Kano)
– Mr. Uguru Mathew Ofoke, Chairman (Ebonyi)
– Barr. Felix Chukwumenoye Morka, Chairman (Delta)
– Alh. Bashir Usman Gumel, Chairman (Jigawa)
– Dr. Ijeoma Arodiogbu, Chairman (Imo)
– Chief Edward Omo-Erewa, Chairman (Edo)
– Yusuf Hamisu Abubakar, Chairman (Kaduna)
– Hon. Ali Bukar Dalori, Chairman (Borno)
KADUNA STATE
– Hon. Lawal M. Liman (Chairman)
– Dr. Abubakar Isa Maiha (Chairman)
– Isa Sadiq Achida, Chairman (Sokoto)
– Dr. Mohammed Gusau Hassan, Chairman Zamfara
– Hon. Yahuza Ado Inuwa, Chairman (Nasarawa)
– Amb. Abubakar Shehu Wurno, Chairman (Sokoto)
– Augustine Chukwu Umahi, Chairman (Ebonyi)
– Engr. Babatunde Fakoyede, Chairman (Ekiti)
– Hon. Shola Olofin, Chairman (Ekiti)