President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of board chairmen for various federal government institutions, including the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), the National Automotive Development Council, and 21 other agencies. Additionally, he has appointed Hon. Fatuhu Mohammed Buhari from Katsina State as the Director-General of the National Agricultural Seed Council.
Among the key appointments, Felix Morka, the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been named the Board Chairman of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). Similarly, Chief Emma Eneukwu, APC Deputy Chairman (South), has been appointed as the Board Chairman of the National Automotive Development Council.
Other notable appointments include:
• Mallam Muhammad Massan – Board Chairman, Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, Ilorin.
• Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas – Board Chairman, Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service.
• Dr. Austin Agada – Board Chairman, National Agricultural Seed Council.
• Hon. Macdonald Ebere – Board Chairman, Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Lagos.
• Ubong Stephen Ntukekpo – Board Chairman, National Institute for Freshwater Fish, New Bussa.
• Aminu Musa Bobi – Board Chairman, National Library of Nigeria.
• Pharm. Abass Olayide – Board Chairman, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Kaduna.
• Alhaji Mohammed Gadaka – Board Chairman, Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre.
• Benjamin Omale – Board Chairman, National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu.
• Rufus Bature – Board Chairman, Nigerian Coal Corporation.
• Alhaji Abubakar Muhammed Kana – Board Chairman, Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies.
• Hon. Donatus Nwankpa – Board Chairman, Project Development Institute (PRODA).
• Comrade Mustapha Salihu – Board Chairman, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
• Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu – Board Chairman, National Parks Headquarters.
• Alhaji Abdulmalik Usman – Board Chairman, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan.
• Hon. Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi – Board Chairman, Environmental Health Registration Council of Nigeria.
• Sola Elesin – Board Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences.
• Emperor Jarrett Tenebe – Board Chairman, Federal College of Agriculture, Akure.
• Alhaji Tukur Umar Danfulani – Board Chairman, Federal Medical Centre, Azare.
• Hon. Aminu Sani Gumel – Board Chairman, Federal College of Produce Inspection and Stored Products Technology, Kano.
• Barr. Idris Shuaibu – Board Chairman, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan.
The appointments, which reflect a significant number of APC-affiliated figures, are part of President Tinubu’s ongoing efforts to strengthen key federal institutions and drive national development.
