President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Muhammad Babangida, son of former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, as the new Chairman of the Bank of Agriculture.
The appointment was announced on Friday in a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
Muhammad Babangida, 53, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s in Public Relations and Business Communication from the European University, Montreux, Switzerland.
He also attended the Executive Programme on Corporate Governance at Harvard Business School in 2002.
His father, Ibrahim Babangida, served as Nigeria’s military president from August 1985 to August 1993.
According to the statement, President Tinubu also approved the appointment of seven other individuals as chairpersons and heads of federal agencies.
Lydia Kalat Musa from Kaduna State was named Chairman of the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA), while Jamilu Wada Aliyu from Kano State was appointed Chairman of the National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC).
Also from Kano State, Hon. Yahuza Ado Inuwa was appointed Chairman of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), while Sanusi Musa (SAN), also from Kano, was named Chairman of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR).
In addition, Prof. Al-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu from Sokoto State was appointed Director-General of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA), and Sanusi Garba Rikiji from Zamfara State was named Director-General of the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN).
Mrs. Tomi Somefun from Oyo State was appointed Managing Director of the National Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), while Dr. Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria from Kaduna State was named Executive Director of the Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC).
The Presidency stated that the appointments are part of Tinubu’s drive to reposition strategic institutions for better service delivery in line with his administration’s Renewed Hope agenda.
