Tinubu Appoints CAC Chairman, Nominates Seven NPC Commissioners, Confirms Bello’s Appointment
By Sunday Etuka
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Sen. Dr Ibrahim Ida as Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
He has also nominated seven people to fill vacant commissioner positions at the National Population Commission, and appointed Dr Yusuf Mohammed of Kano State as Chairman of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaltungo.
The appointments were announced in a statement on Monday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
He explained that President Tinubu strongly believes in the capacities of the appointees to put in their best to further the administration’s commitment to a better lease of life for Nigerians.
Ida holds an MSc in Banking & Finance from the University of Ibadan (1983) and an LLB from the University of Abuja (2003).
Before being elected to the Senate in 2017 to represent Katsina Central, he served as the Commissioner of Finance for Katsina State and as the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Civil Service.
The statement gave names of the seven people nominated as Federal Commissioners to represent their respective states in the National Population Commission to include: 1. Kolawole Oladipupo Alabi – Ekiti State, 2. Nasiru Mu’azu – Zamfara State, 3. Usman Abubakar Tuggar – Bauchi State, 4. Dr Isaka Alada Yahaya – Kwara State, 5. Prof. Sadiq Isah Radda – Katsina State, 6. Suleiman Umar – Jigawa State, and 7. Hon. Chiso Abdullahi Dattijo – Sokoto State.
The statement stated that the appointments, which complement other Federal Commissioners already sworn in, are subject to confirmation by the National Assembly.
Meanwhile, President Tinubu has confirmed the appointment of Bala Mohammed Bello as his Special Adviser on Political Economy.
Hail from Taraba State, Bello, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and an MBA from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Before this appointment, he was a Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
He also served as Executive Director (Corporate Services) at the Nigerian Export-Import Bank from 2017 to 2022.
