President Bola Tinubu has appointed Senator Ibrahim Ida as the new Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and nominated seven Federal Commissioners for the National Population Commission (NPC).
Senator Ida, a former Katsina Central Senator, brings expertise in finance and law, holding an MSc in Banking & Finance (University of Ibadan, 1983) and an LLB (University of Abuja, 2003). He has served as Commissioner of Finance in Katsina State and Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil Service.
The seven nominees for NPC Federal Commissioners representing their states are:
- Kolawole Oladipupo Alabi – Ekiti State
- Nasiru Mu’azu – Zamfara State
- Usman Abubakar Tuggar – Bauchi State
- Dr Isaka Alada Yahaya – Kwara State
- Prof. Sadiq Isah Radda – Katsina State
- Suleiman Umar – Jigawa State
- Hon. Chiso Abdullahi Dattijo – Sokoto State
These appointments await National Assembly confirmation.
In related appointments, President Tinubu named Dr Yusuf Mohammed (Kano State) as Chairman of Federal Polytechnic, Kaltungo, and confirmed Bala Mohammed Bello (Taraba State) as Special Adviser on Political Economy. Bello previously served as Deputy Governor at the CBN and Executive Director (Corporate Services) at the Nigerian Export-Import Bank.
According to Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, the President expressed confidence in the appointees’ ability to deliver on the administration’s goals to improve the quality of life for Nigerians.
