President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of several officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC), including the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, and 19 APC state chairmen, as board chairmen of various federal institutions.
The announcement was made in a statement issued on Friday by
the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
Morka has been named Chairman of the Nigerian Television
Authority (NTA), while Hon. Fatuhu Buhari, a former House of Representatives
member from Katsina State, has been appointed Director-General of the National
Agricultural Seed Council.
The President also approved the appointment of key APC
officials to lead strategic agencies across different sectors. Those appointed
include Muhammad Massan, APC Chairman in Bauchi State, who will chair the
Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, Ilorin; Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas,
APC Chairman, Kano State, as Chairman of the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine
Service; and Dr. Austian Agada, APC Chairman,
Benue State, who will head the National Agricultural Seed
Council. Others are Hon. Macdonald Ebere, APC Chairman, Imo State, appointed
Chairman of the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Lagos;
Ubong Stephen Ntukekpo, APC Chairman, Akwa Ibom State, to chair the National
Institute for Freshwater Fish, New Bussa; and Chief Emma Eneukwu, Deputy Chairman
(South) of the APC, who will lead the National Automotive Development Council.
Additional appointees include Aminu Musa Bobi, APC Chairman,
Niger State, as Chairman of the National Library of Nigeria; Pharm. Abass
Olayide, APC Chairman, Oyo State, appointed to head the Federal
Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Kaduna; Alhaji Mohammed Gadaka, APC Chairman, Yobe
State, as Chairman of the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre; and
Benjamin Omale, APC Chairman, Benue State, who will chair the National Orthopaedic
Hospital, Enugu. Rufus Bature, APC Chairman, Plateau State, has been named
Chairman of the Nigerian Coal Corporation; Alhaji Abubakar Muhammed Kana, APC
Chairman, Kebbi State, will chair the Michael Imoudu National Institute for
Labour Studies; and Hon. Donatus Nwankpa, a National Working Committee member
from Abia State, has been appointed Chairman of the Project Development
Institute (PRODA).
Also on the list are Comrade Mustapha Salihu, APC National
Vice Chairman (Northeast), appointed Chairman of the National Agency for the
Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP); Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu, APC
Chairman, Abia State, as Chairman of the National Parks Headquarters; Alhaji
Abdulmalik Usman, APC Chairman, Federal Capital Territory, as Chairman of the
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan; and Hon. Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi,
APC Chairman, Taraba State, as Chairman of the Environmental Health
Registration Council of Nigeria. Sola Elesin, APC Chairman, Ekiti State, will
chair the Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences; Emperor Jarrett Tenebe,
APC Chairman, Edo State, will lead the Federal College of Agriculture, Akure;
and Alhaji Tukur Umar Danfulani, APC Chairman, Zamfara State, has been
appointed Chairman of the Federal Medical Centre, Azare.
The list also includes Hon. Aminu Sani Gumel, APC Chairman,
Jigawa State, as Chairman of the Federal College of Produce Inspection and
Stored Products Technology, Kano, and Barr. Idris Shuaibu, APC Chairman,
Adamawa State, who will chair the Federal College of Animal Health and
Production Technology, Ibadan. The appointments, according to the Presidency,
form part of efforts to reposition key government institutions and improve
service delivery by placing experienced party loyalists and technocrats in
leadership positions.
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