President Bola Tinubu has appointed Muhammad Babangida, son of former military ruler Ibrahim Babangida, as Chairman of the newly restructured Bank of Agriculture.
The appointment was announced on Friday in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
Babangida, 53, holds a degree in Business Administration and a Master’s in Public Relations and Business Communication from the European University in Switzerland. He also completed an Executive Program in Corporate Governance at Harvard Business School in 2002.
The statement also included several other key federal appointments:
- 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
