President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved 26 appointments across 10 federal government agencies and commissions, naming former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, as Chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).

The appointments, announced in a State House press release signed by the President's Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, take immediate effect.

Fayose will lead the board of the Rural Electrification Agency alongside Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta, who were appointed as members and non-executive directors. The board also includes the agency's Director-General, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three previously appointed executive directors.

President Tinubu also appointed Major General Junaid Bindawa as Chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission. Former Lagos lawmaker, Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, was named Secretary of the commission.

Other appointments to the commission are:

* Dr Ogbole Ene Lilian (Benue) – Commissioner
* Oladele Olatubosun (Oyo) – Commissioner
* Yakubu Umar Barde (Kaduna) – Commissioner
* Dr Mai Adamu Yau (Borno) – Member
* Ginika Florence Tor (Enugu) – Member
* Engineer Lawrence Okoh (Edo) – Member
* Bello Morenike Iyabode (Kogi) – Member

Tosin Johnson Adeyanju, who had earlier been appointed Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund, has been redeployed as Secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission.

Other appointments announced by the President include:

* Dr Abuh Mohammed – Director-General, National Population Commission (NPC)
* Dr Akinola Odeyemi – Managing Director, Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET)
* Dr Anthony Inalegwu Godwin – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission
* Engineer Julius Oloro – Chief Executive Officer, National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM)

Engineer Oloro succeeds Dr A.R. Kamal, who died in January.

The President also constituted the board of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission with the following members:

* Dr Abdullahi Maikano Saidu – Chairman
* Mohammed Asmau – Member
* Mohammed Aliyu Makama – Member
* Dr Suleiman Gidado – Member
* Louis O. Ndukwe – Member
* Amaechi Ugwele – Member
* Olaniyi Idowu Onikola – Member

In addition, Shuni Muhammad Dahiru was appointed Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, replacing Professor Shu'aibu Shehu Aliyu, who was reassigned to the Petroleum Trust Development Fund in April.

President Tinubu also appointed Gisaor Vincent Iorja as Executive Director (Finance) of the Federal Housing Authority. He replaces Mathias Byuan, who resigned to contest the Benue State governorship election. Iorja is currently the Secretary of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission and has a background in economics, law and academia.

All appointments take immediate effect.

Full List of Appointees

1. Ayo Fayose – Chairman, Rural Electrification Agency (REA)
2. Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar – Member/Non-Executive Director, REA
3. Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta – Member/Non-Executive Director, REA
4. Major General Junaid Bindawa – Chairman, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission
5. Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas – Secretary, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission
6. Dr Ogbole Ene Lilian – Commissioner
7. Oladele Olatubosun – Commissioner
8. Yakubu Umar Barde – Commissioner
9. Dr Mai Adamu Yau – Member
10. Ginika Florence Tor – Member
11. Engineer Lawrence Okoh – Member
12. Bello Morenike Iyabode – Member
13. Tosin Johnson Adeyanju – Secretary, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission
14. Dr Abuh Mohammed – Director-General, National Population Commission
15. Dr Akinola Odeyemi – Managing Director, Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading
16. Dr Anthony Inalegwu Godwin – Chairman/CEO, Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission
17. Engineer Julius Oloro – CEO, National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation
18. Dr Abdullahi Maikano Saidu – Chairman, Fiscal Responsibility Commission
19. Mohammed Asmau – Member, Fiscal Responsibility Commission
20. Mohammed Aliyu Makama – Member, Fiscal Responsibility Commission
21. Dr Suleiman Gidado – Member, Fiscal Responsibility Commission
22. Louis O. Ndukwe – Member, Fiscal Responsibility Commission
23. Amaechi Ugwele – Member, Fiscal Responsibility Commission
24. Olaniyi Idowu Onikola – Member, Fiscal Responsibility Commission
25. Shuni Muhammad Dahiru – Executive Secretary, National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education
26. Gisaor Vincent Iorja – Executive Director (Finance), Federal Housing Authority