President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Muhammad Babangida, son of former military president Ibrahim Babangida, as the chairman of the revamped Bank of Agriculture.
The appointment, announced through a statement released by the State House and signed by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, on Friday, is part of a broader set of new leadership assignments involving eight other individuals named to top positions in various 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 in Montreux, Switzerland. He also completed an Executive Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Business School in 2002.
The other appointees are:
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)
Yahuza Ado Inuwa (Kano State) – chairman, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON)
Sanusi Musa (SAN) (Kano State) – chairman, Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR)
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)
Tomi Somefun (Oyo State) – managing director, National Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC)
Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria (Kaduna State) – executive director, Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC)
