President Bola Tinubu has approved 26 new appointments into 10 Federal Government agencies and commissions, including the appointment of former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose as Chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency.
Fayose will lead the REA alongside members Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta, while Abba Abubakar Aliyu remains as Director-General.
Other key appointments include Major General Junaid Bindawa as Chairman of the National Salary and Wages Commission, with Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas as Secretary, and Tosin Johnson Adeyanju as Secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission.
Dr Abuh Mohammed has been appointed Director-General of the National Population Commission, while Dr Akinola Odeyemi takes over as Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc.
The appointments also cover the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, the National Commission for Mass Literacy, and the Federal Housing Authority.
All appointments take immediate effect.