President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Muhammad Babangida, the son of the former military President, as chairman of the revamped Bank of Agriculture, BOA.
President Tinubu approved the appointment and those of seven other Chairmen and Heads of government agencies.
In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga: “Some of them will serve as chairmen or directors-general of Federal agencies.”
Muhammad Babangida, 53, graduated from the European University in Montreux, Switzerland, with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Public Relations and Business Communication.
He later attended Harvard Business School’s Executive Program on Corporate Governance in 2002.
The president also appointed the following individuals:
Managing Director, National Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) – Mrs Tomi Somefun (Oyo State)
Chairman, Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) – Hon. Yahuza Ado Inuwa (Kano State)
Chairman, Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) – Sanusi Musa (SAN) (Kano State)
Director-General, Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA) – Prof. Al-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu (Sokoto State)
Chairman, Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA) – Lydia Kalat Musa (Kaduna State)
Chairman, National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) – Jamilu Wada Aliyu (Kano State)
Executive Director, Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC) – Dr Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria (Kaduna State)
Director-General, Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN) – Sanusi Garba Rikiji (Zamfara State)
