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Tinubu appoints board chairpersons for 42 Federal organizations

January 24, 2025 • 1 min read

January 24, 2025

By Ayinde Adeleke

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has made key appointments to various federal boards, naming chairpersons for 42 federal organizations and a secretary to the board of the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons Services.

Notable appointments include Abdullahi Ganduje, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as Chairman of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), and Senator Surajudeen Bashiru Ajibola, APC National Secretary, as Chairman of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC).

Other appointments include:

  • Nigerian Institute of International Affairs: Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, Chairman (Lagos)
  • Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company: H. E. Sulaiman Argungu, Chairman (Kebbi)
  • National Agency for Great Green Wall: Sen. Magnus Abe, Chairman (Rivers)
  • Nigerian Railway Corporation: Dr. Kayode Isiak Opeifa, Managing Director (Lagos)
  • National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI): Raji, Kazeem Kolawole, Director-General (Oyo)

President Tinubu directed the board chairpersons not to interfere with the management of the organizations, emphasizing that their positions are non-executive. All appointments take immediate effect