Just In: Tinubu Gives Federal Appointments to 24 APC Chieftains as Full List Emerges
- President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of 24 chieftains of the ruling APC as chairmen of several federal government agencies and parastatal boards
- Tinubu's top appointee on the list APC spokesperson, Felix Morka, APC National Working Committee members, while others are APC state chairmen
- ayo Onanuga, the spokesperson to the president, announced the appointment in a statement on Friday, March 28
Aso-Rock, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of many chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) into boards of different federal government agencies and parastatals.
Top among the appointees is the national publicity secretary of the APC, Felix Morka. Others included 19 APC state chairmen, who were also appointed to several federal institutions.
Source: Twitter
Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu's special adviser on information and strategy, disclosed the development in a statement on Friday evening, March 28.
List of Tinubu's new appointees
See the full list here:
S/N | Names | States | Position |
1 | Felix Morka | Delta/APC Spokesperson | Board Chairman/Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). |
2 | Fatuhu Mohammed Buhari | Katsina | Director-General of the National Agricultural Seed Council |
3 | Mallam Muhammad Massan | APC Chairman, Bauchi | Board Chairman, Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, Ilorin. |
4 | Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas | APC Chairman, Kano | Board Chairman, Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service. |
5 | Dr. Austian Agada | APC Chairman, Benue | Board Chairman, National Agricultural Seed Council. |
6 | Hon. Macdonald Ebere | Imo APC Chairman | Board Chairman, Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Lagos. |
7 | Ubong Stephen Ntukekpo | Akwa Ibom APC Chairma | Board Chairman, National Institute for Freshwater Fish, New Bussa. |
8 | Chief Emma Eneukwu | APC Deputy Chairman (South) | Board Chairman, National Automotive Development Council. |
9 | Aminu Musa Bobi | Niger APC Chairman | Board Chairman, National Library of Nigeria. |
10 | Pharm. Abass Olayide | Oyo State APC Chairman | Board Chairman, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Kaduna. |
11 | Alhaji Mohammed Gadaka | Yobe APC Chairman | Board Chairman, Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre. |
12 | Benjamin Omale | APC State Chairman, Benue | Board Chairman, National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu. |
13 | Rufus Bature | Plateau APC Chairman | Board Chairman, Nigerian Coal Corporation. |
14 | Abubakar Muhammed Kana | Kebbi APC Chairman | Board Chairman, Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies. |
15 | Hon. Donatus Nwankpa | APC NWC Member, from Abia state | Board Chairman, Project Development Institute (PRODA). |
16 | Comrade Mustapha Salihu | APC Chairman Adamawa | Board Chairman, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). |
17 | Dr Kingsley Ononogbu | Abia APC Chairman | Board Chairman, National Parks Headquarters. |
18 | Abdulmalik Usman | FCT APC Chairman | Board Chairman, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan. |
19 | Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi | Taraba APC Chairman | Board Chairman, Environmental Health Registration Council of Nigeria. |
20 | Sola Elesin | Ekiti State APC Chairman | Board Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences. |
21 | Emperor Jarrett Tenebe | Edo State APC Chairman | Board Chairman, Federal College of Agriculture, Akure. |
22 | Tukur Umar Danfulani | Zamfara APC Chairman | Board Chairman, Federal Medical Centre, Azare. |
Tinubu's other appointments
Source: Twitter
Other appointments Tinubu announced on Friday included the board chairmen of the Federal College of Produce Inspection and Stored Products Technology, Kano and that of Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan.
The appointees are Aminu Sani Gumel and Barr. Idris Shuaibu. The two appointees are the APC chairmen in Jigawa and Adamawa states respectively.
See the full statement here:
Reps move to stop Tinubu, others from contesting
Legit.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu, his political rivals, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, might not be able to contest the 2027 general election as the House of Representatives moves to amend the Nigerian Constitution.
This is as the House of Representatives passed to the second reading a bill stopping Nigerians who are above 60 years old from contesting for presidential and gubernatorial positions.
Tinubu, Atiku, and Obi are all political titans who are potential candidates in the 2027 general election.
Source: Legit.ng
