By Ayomide Otitoju
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Muhammad Babangida, son of former military Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, as Chairman of the newly restructured Bank of Agriculture.
The appointment was announced in a statement issued Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
Babangida, 53, holds a degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Public Relations and Business Communication from the European University in Switzerland. He also completed an executive programme on Corporate Governance at Harvard Business School in 2002.
The President also named several other individuals to lead federal agencies:
Lydia Kalat Musa (Kaduna) – Chairman, Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority
Jamilu Wada Aliyu (Kano) – Chairman, National Educational Research and Development Council
Yahuza Ado Inuwa (Kano) – Chairman, Standard Organisation of Nigeria
Sanusi Musa (SAN) (Kano) – Chairman, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Prof. Al-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu (Sokoto) – Director-General, Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa
Sanusi Garba Rikiji (Zamfara) – Director-General, Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations
Mrs Tomi Somefun (Oyo) – Managing Director, National Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission
Dr Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria (Kaduna) – Executive Director, Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission
