President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Muhammad Babangida, son of Nigeria’s former military President Ibrahim Babangida, as Chairman of the restructured Bank of Agriculture.
The announcement was made via a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, and posted on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle. The appointments include chairpersons and director-generals for several strategic federal agencies.
Muhammad Babangida, 53, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Public Relations and Business Communication from the European University, Montreux, Switzerland. He also completed an Executive Program in Corporate Governance at Harvard Business School in 2002.
Other appointees announced by the Presidency 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 Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC)
- Dr. Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria (Kaduna State) – Executive Director, Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC)
