- Safiu Kehinde
Former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has been named Chairman of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) as President Bola Tinubu makes fresh appointments of board chairpersons across 42 Federal agencies.
This was announced in a statement issued on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
According to the statement, Ganduje, who is currently the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is now the Chairperson of the board of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
Also making the count in Tinubu’s fresh appointments is former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bolaji Akinyemi.
Akinyemi was appointed as the Chairman for the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs.
Other new appointees include.
- Hon. Hillard Eta, Chairman (Cross River) for National Youth Service Corps.
- National Secretary of the APC, Senator Surajudeen Bashiru Ajibola, Chairman (Osun), National Sugar Development Council.
- Sulaiman Argungu, Chairman (Kebbi), Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company.
- Senator Magnus Abe, Chairman (Rivers), National Agency for Great Green Wall.
- Festus Fuanter, Chairman (Plateau), National Teachers Institute.
- Raji Kazeem Kolawole, Director-General (Oyo), National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI).
- Chief Victor Tombari Giadom, Chairman (Rivers), Nigerian Institute of Educational Planning and Administration.
- Comrade Mustapha Salihu, Chairman (Adamawa), Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria.
- Hon. Hamma Adama Ali Kumo, Chairman (Gombe), Industrial Training Fund.
- Donatus Enyinnah Nwankpa, Chairman (Abia), Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology.
- Senator Abubakar Maikafi, Chairman (Bauchi), Shelda Science and Technology Complex.
- Nasiru Gawuna, Chairman (Kano), Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria.
- Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi, Chairman (Lagos), National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion.
- Chief D. J. Kekemeke, Chairman (Ondo), Nigerian Postal Service.
- Hon. Musa Sarkin Adar, Chairman (Sokoto), National Inland Waterways Authority.
- Prof. Abdulkarim Kana Abubakar, Chairman (Nasarawa), National Steel Council.
- Hon. Garba Datti Muhammad, Chairman (Kaduna), National Environmental Standards and Regulations Agency.
- Mu’azu Bawa Rijau, Chairman (Niger), National Bio-safety Management Agency.
- Hon. Durosimi Meseko, Chairman (Kogi), Nigerian Building Road Research Institute
- Hajia Zainab A. Ibrahim, Chairman (Taraba), Federal Teaching Hospital.
Also included in the list of appointees are.
- Dr Kayode Isiak Opeifa, Managing Director (Lagos), Nigerian Railway Corporation.
- Hon Durotolu Oyebode Bankole, Chairman (Ogun), Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti.
- Mr Abdullahi Dayo Israel, Chairman (Lagos), Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta.
- Dr (Mrs) Mary Alile Idele, Chairman (Edo), Federal Medical Centre, Asaba.
- Nze Chidi Duru, Chairman (Anambra), Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja.
- Hon. Emma Eneukwu, Chairman (Enugu), Federal Medical Centre, Owerri.
- Major General Jubril Abdulmalik (rtd) Secretary (Kano), Civil Defence, Immigration and Prisons Services Board.
- Mr. Uguru Mathew Ofoke, Chairman (Ebonyi), Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia.
- Felix Chukwumenoye Morka, Chairman (Delta), Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa.
- Alhaji Bashir Usman Gumel, Chairman (Jigawa), Federal Medical Centre, Yola.
- Dr. Ijeoma Arodiogbu, Chairman (Imo), David Umahi Federal University Teaching Hospital, Ubuhu, Ebonyi State.
- Chief Edward Omo-Erewa, Chairman (Edo), National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency.
- Yusuf Hamisu Abubakar, Chairman (Kaduna), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).
- Hon. Ali Bukar Dalori, Chairman (Borno), Nnamdi Azikwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State.
- Hon. Lawal M. Liman (Chairman), Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, Zaria.
- Dr. Abubakar Isa Maiha (Chairman), Federal Medical Centre, Katsina.
- Isa Sadiq Achida, Chairman (Sokoto), Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC).
- Dr Ikye Orikpo, Chairman (Delta) University of Abuja Teaching Hospital.
- Dr. Mohammed Gusau Hassan, Chairman (Zamfara), Federal Medical Centre, Birnin Kudu.
- Hon. Yahuza Ado Inuwa, Chairman (Nasarawa), National Building and Road Research Institute.
- Hon Yahaya Bello Wurno, Chairman (Sokoto), Sokoto-Rima River Basin Development Authority.
- Augustine Chukwu Umahi, Chairman (Ebonyi), Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.
- Babatunde Fakoyede, Chairman (Ekiti), Federal Scholarships Board.
- Hon. Shola Olofin, Chairman (Ekiti), Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund.