President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Sen. Dr Ibrahim Ida as Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and nominated seven individuals as federal commissioners in the National Population Commission (NPC).
The nominations are subject to confirmation by the National Assembly.
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 as a Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil Service.
Those nominated as NPC commissioners are Kolawole Oladipupo Alabi (Ekiti), Nasiru Mu’azu (Zamfara), Usman Abubakar Tuggar (Bauchi), Dr Isaka Alada Yahaya (Kwara), Prof. Sadiq Isah Radda (Katsina), Suleiman Umar (Jigawa), and Chiso Abdullahi Dattijo (Sokoto).
In a separate appointment, the president named Dr Yusuf Mohammed as Chairman of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaltungo.
Tinubu also confirmed the appointment of Bala Mohammed Bello as Special Adviser on Political Economy.
Bello, from Taraba State, 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 and as Executive Director (Corporate Services) at the Nigerian Export-Import Bank between 2017 and 2022.
