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Tinubu Appoints 20 Federal Commissioners for NPC

November 9, 2023 • 2 min read

President Bola Tinubu has appointed 20 Federal commissioners in the National Population Commission with nine current federal commissioners being appointed for a second term in office.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on yesterday.

These appointments follow the President’s launch of the Electronic Civic Registration and Vital Statistics System, alongside the National Geospatial Data Repository and the National Coordination Committee on CRVS.

According to Ngelale, the reappointed commissioners included Dr. Clifford Zirra (Adamawa), Mr. Chidi Ezeoke (Anambra), Isa Buratai (Borno), Dr. Tony Aiyejina (Edo), Mr. Ejike Ezeh (Enugu), Abubakar Damburam (Gombe), Prof. Uba Nnabue (Imo), Mudashiru Hussain (Osun) and Mr. Saany Sale (Taraba).

The new appointees included Emmanuel Eke (Abia), Alex Ukam (Cross River), Blessyn Brume-Ataguba (Delta), Dr. Jeremiah Nwankwegu (Ebonyi), Ms. Sa’adatu Garba (Kaduna) and Dr. Aminu Tsanyawa (Kano).

Others were Yori Afolabi (Kogi), Olakunle Sobukola (Ogun), Temitayo Oluwatuyi (Ondo), Ms. Mary Afan (Plateau) and Mr. Ogiri Henry (Rivers).

The President tasked the new and returning NPC commissioners to “successfully implement all measures taken by his administration to produce and effectively appropriate accurate population data with which lasting solutions to Nigeria’s socio-political and economic challenges can be conclusively developed and executed.”