President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced 26 new appointments into 10 Federal Government agencies and commissions, with former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, emerging as chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), and Major General Junaid Bindawa as chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission.
Mr Fayose heads the board of REA, with Ahmadu Abubakar and Ilyasu Makinta appointed as members and non-executive directors. The incumbent DG of the agency, Abba Aliyu, and three executive directors previously appointed make up the remaining board members.
President Tinubu made eight other appointments to the Wages Commission, along with Mr Bindawa, a retired major general. Former member of the House of Representatives from Lagos, Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, is the new secretary of the commission. Ogbole Lilian, Oladele Olatubosun, and Yakubu Barde, representing Benue, Oyo and Kaduna, were appointed as commissioners.
Adamu Yau from Borno, Ginika Florence Tor (Enugu), Lawrence Okoh (Edo) and Bello Iyabode (Kogi) were appointed as members of the Commission.
Tosin Adeyanju, who was previously appointed as the Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF), has now been moved to the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission as Secretary.
