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President Bola Tinubu has appointed former Director General of the National Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Senator Ibrahim Ida, as Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Monday.
According to the statement, Ida holds a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Ibadan and a law degree from the University of Abuja.
He previously served as Katsina State Commissioner of Finance and as a Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil Service before representing Katsina Central in the Senate.
The president also nominated seven individuals as federal commissioners of the National Population Commission (NPC).
They 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).
The nominations are subject to confirmation by the National Assembly.
Tinubu also appointed Dr Yusuf Mohammed from Kano State as Chairman of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaltungo.
The President further confirmed Bala Mohammed Bello as his Special Adviser on Political Economy.
Bello, who hails from Taraba State, holds a degree in Accounting and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and previously served as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and Executive Director at the Nigerian Export-Import Bank.
“President Tinubu 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,” the statement noted.
