President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Sen. Dr Ibrahim Ida as Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and nominated seven new federal commissioners to the National Population Commission.
Ida, who holds an MSc in Banking & Finance from the University of Ibadan (1983) and an LLB from the University of Abuja (2003), served as Katsina State Commissioner of Finance and Permanent Secretary of the Federal Civil Service before being elected to the Senate in 2017.
The seven nominees for the National Population Commission, representing their respective states, are:
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
7. Hon. Chiso Abdullahi Dattijo – Sokoto State
These appointments complement existing federal commissioners and are subject to confirmation by the National Assembly.
In other appointments, President Tinubu named Dr Yusuf Mohammed as Chairman of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaltungo. He also confirmed the appointment of Bala Mohammed Bello as his Special Adviser on Political Economy.
Bello holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and an MBA from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. 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 from 2017 to 2022.
President Tinubu expressed confidence in the appointees’ abilities to contribute to the administration’s agenda for improved governance and enhanced quality of life for Nigerians.
