President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Ibrahim M. Ida as Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), while also nominating seven individuals as federal commissioners of the National Population Commission (NPC).
The nominations, which are aimed at filling existing vacancies in the commission, are subject to confirmation by the National Assembly.
Senator Ibrahim Ida
Ida, a former senator who represented Katsina Central, holds a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Ibadan and a law degree from the University of Abuja. He previously served as Commissioner of Finance in Katsina State and later as a Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil Service.
Those nominated as NPC federal commissioners include Kolawole Oladipupo Alabi (Ekiti), Nasiru Mu’azu (Zamfara), Usman Abubakar Tuggar (Bauchi), Isaka Alada Yahaya (Kwara), Sadiq Isah Radda (Katsina), Suleiman Umar (Jigawa), and Chiso Abdullahi Dattijo (Sokoto).
In a related development, President Tinubu appointed 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 accounting graduate with an MBA from Ahmadu Bello University, previously served as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and as Executive Director (Corporate Services) at the Nigerian Export-Import Bank between 2017 and 2022.
According to a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the appointments reflect the administration’s confidence in the ability of the appointees to contribute to improved governance and national development.
