President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Muhammad Babangida, son of former military president Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, as the new Chairman of the Bank of Agriculture.
The appointment was announced on Friday, July 18, in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
“Muhammad Babangida, 53, is an alumnus of the European University in Montreux, Switzerland, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Public Relations and Business Communication,” the statement said.
He also attended Harvard Business School’s Executive Program on Corporate Governance in 2002.
The President also appointed Lydia Kalat Musa from Kaduna State as Chairman of the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA); Jamilu Wada Aliyu from Kano State as Chairman of the National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC); and Hon. Yahuza Ado Inuwa, also from Kano, as Chairman of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON).
Sanusi Musa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria from Kano State, has been named Chairman of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), while Professor Al-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu from Sokoto State will serve as Director-General of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA).
Sanusi Garba Rikiji from Zamfara State has been appointed Director-General of the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN), and Mrs Tomi Somefun from Oyo State will take up the role of Managing Director of the National Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC).
Additionally, Dr Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria from Kaduna State has been named Executive Director of the Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC).
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I’m not trying to criticize or express envy, but what I’m saying, Mr. President, is that there’s no need to waste time on appointing northerners to your government. They are not supportive of you, and no matter what you do, they won’t appreciate it at this time because they are aware of the strategies and always want to be on top. This is similar to what Alhaji Atiku Abubakar did to our former president, Olusegun Obasanjo. If it weren’t for their lack of shame, would they be challenging this government? They seem to forget that it was their brother, the late President Muhammadu Buhari, who caused many of the current problems in this country—problems that stemmed from public harassment of democracy and a lack of respect for the judiciary and the legislature.