President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Senator Dr. Ibrahim Ida as Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and nominated seven individuals to fill vacant commissioner positions at the National Population Commission (NPC).
Dr. Ida, who holds a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Ibadan and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Abuja, previously served as Commissioner of Finance in Katsina State and as Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil Service.
He was elected to represent Katsina Central in the Senate in 2017.
The President also forwarded the names of seven nominees to serve as Federal Commissioners in the NPC, representing their respective states.
They are Kolawole Oladipupo Alabi (Ekiti), Nasiru Mu’azu (Zamfara), Usman Abubakar Tuggar (Bauchi), Dr. Isaka Alada Yahaya (Kwara), Prof. Sadiq Isah Radda (Katsina), Suleiman Umar (Jigawa), and Hon. Chiso Abdullahi Dattijo (Sokoto).
According to a statement issued on Monday by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga, the appointments are subject to confirmation by the National Assembly of Nigeria.
In a related development, President Tinubu appointed Dr. Yusuf Mohammed from Kano State as Chairman of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaltungo.
The President also confirmed the appointment of Bala Mohammed Bello as Special Adviser on Political Economy. Bello, an alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University, holds a degree in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration.
He previously served as Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and as Executive Director (Corporate Services) at the Nigerian Export-Import Bank between 2017 and 2022.
President Tinubu expressed confidence in the capacity of the appointees to contribute meaningfully to his administration’s agenda of improving the quality of life for Nigerians.
