Tinubu appoints Ida as CAC chairman, nominates seven NPC commissioners
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Senator Ibrahim Ida as Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
Mr Ida’s appointment was contained in a statement on Monday by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga.
“Ida holds an MSc in Banking & Finance from the University of Ibadan (1983) and an LLB from the University of Abuja (2003).
“Before being elected to the Senate in 2017 to represent Katsina Central, he served as the Commissioner of Finance for Katsina State and as the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Civil Service,” the statement read.
According to the statement, Mr Tinubu also nominated seven others to fill vacant commissioner positions at the National Population Commission (NPC).
The nominees are Kolawole Oladipupo Alabi (Ekiti), Nasiru Mu’azu (Zamfara), Usman Abubakar Tuggar (Bauchi), Isaka Alada Yahaya (Kwara).
Others are Sadiq Isah Radda (Katsina), Suleiman Umar (Jigawa), and Chiso Abdullahi Dattijo (Sokoto).
It explained that the new nominees would
complement other federal commissioners already sworn and subjected to confirmation by the National Assembly.
Meanwhile, Mr Tinubu also appointed Yusuf Mohammed of Kano State as Chairman of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaltungo.
He also confirmed the appointment of Bala Mohammed Bello as his Special Adviser on Political Economy.
“Mr Bello, from Taraba State, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and an MBA from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
“Before this appointment, he was a Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He also served as Executive Director (Corporate Services) at the Nigerian Export-Import Bank from 2017 to 2022,” the statement added.
It added that Mr Tinubu strongly believe in the capacities of the appointees to put in their best to further the administration’s commitment to a better lease of life for Nigerians.
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