Tinubu appoints Babangida’s son as Chairman, Bank of Agriculture
…Names 8 others as Heads of key Federal agencies
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Muhammad Babangida, son of former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, as Chairman of the restructured Bank of Agriculture.
The appointment, alongside those of eight other individuals to strategic federal agencies, was approved by the President and announced on Thursday.
This development was made known in a statement issued by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.
Muhammad Babangida, 53, is an alumnus of the European University in Montreux, Switzerland, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Public Relations and Business Communication.
He also attended the Executive Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Business School in 2002.
Other notable appointments approved by President Tinubu include:
Lydia Kalat Musa (Kaduna State) – Chairman, Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA)
Jamilu Wada Aliyu (Kano State) – Chairman, National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC)
Hon. Yahuza Ado Inuwa (Kano State) – Chairman, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON)
Sanusi Musa, SAN (Kano State) – Chairman, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR)
Prof. Al-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu (Sokoto State) – Director-General, Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA)
Sanusi Garba Rikiji (Zamfara State) – Director-General, Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN)
Mrs Tomi Somefun (Oyo State) – Managing Director, National Hydro-Electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC)
Dr Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria (Kaduna State) – Executive Director, Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC)
The appointments are part of the administration’s ongoing efforts to revitalise key sectors and strengthen institutional leadership across the country.
