President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Muhammad Babangida, son of former military leader Ibrahim Babangida, as chairman of the newly restructured Bank of Agriculture.
The announcement, made on Friday, also includes the appointment of seven other individuals as chairpersons and heads of various federal agencies.
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Muhammad Babangida, 53, holds degrees in Business Administration and Public Relations from the European University in Montreux, Switzerland. He also completed an executive program on corporate governance at Harvard Business School in 2002.
Others appointed by the President include:
- Lydia Kalat Musa (Kaduna State), Chairman, Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA)
- Jamilu Wada Aliyu (Kano State), Chairman, National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC)
- Hon. Yahuza Ado Inuwa (Kano State), Chairman, Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON)
- Sanusi Musa (SAN, Kano State), Chairman, Institute of 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)
