Tinubu appoints Muhammed Babangida, IBB’s son, as BoA chairman

This was announced in a statement on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

Onanuga said the President approved the appointment with eight others.

Babangida, 53, holds a degree in Business Administration and a Master’s in Public Relations and Business Communication from the European University in Switzerland.

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He also completed an Executive Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Business School in 2002.

According to Onanuga, others appointed by the President are Lydia Kalat Musa (Kaduna State) Chairman, Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA); Jamilu Wada Aliyu (Kano State) Chairman, National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC); The Hon. Yahuza Ado Inuwa (Kano State) is the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) chairman.

Also Sanusi Garba Rikiji was named director-general of the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN); Tomi Somefun as the managing director of the National Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC); and Abdulmumini Aminu-Zaria as the executive director of the Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC).