President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 26 individuals into the governing boards and leadership of 10 federal agencies and commissions, with former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, emerging as Chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).

The appointments were announced in a statement issued on Monday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

According to the statement, retired Major General Junaid Bindawa has been appointed Chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission.

Fayose will chair the REA board alongside Ahmadu Abubakar and Ilyasu Makinta, who were appointed as members and non-executive directors. The board also includes the agency’s Director-General, Abba Aliyu, and three previously appointed executive directors.

The President also approved eight new appointments into the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission.

Former lawmaker Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas was named Secretary of the commission, while Ogbole Lilian, Oladele Olatubosun and Yakubu Barde were appointed commissioners representing Benue, Oyo and Kaduna states respectively.

Other members appointed into the commission are Mai Adamu Yau from Borno State, Ginika Tor from Enugu State, Lawrence Okoh from Edo State and Bello Iyabode from Kogi State.

The Presidency also announced the reassignment of Tosin Adeyanju.

“Tosin Adeyanju, who was previously appointed as the Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF), has now been moved to the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission as Secretary,” the statement partly read.

President Tinubu also approved appointments into other key government agencies.

“President Tinubu also appointed Abuh Mohammed as Director-General of the National Population Commission (NPC), Akinola Odeyemi as Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET), and Anthony Godwin as chairman/CEO of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission.

“Julius Oloro, a former council chairman, is the new CEO of the Kwara-based National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), replacing A. R. Kamal, who died last January,” it added.

The President further inaugurated the board of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, appointing Abdullahi Saidu as Chairman.

Other members of the board include Mohammed Asmau, Mohammed Makama, Suleiman Gidado, Louis O. Ndukwe, Amaechi Ugwele and Olaniyi Onikola.

The statement also announced the appointment of Shuni Dahiru as Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education.

“Shuni Dahiru is the new executive secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, replacing Shu’aibu Aliyu, who was reassigned to the Petroleum Trust Development Fund (PTDF) in April,” the statement read.

In the Federal Housing Authority, President Tinubu appointed Gisaor Vincent Iorja as Executive Director (Finance), replacing Mathias Byuan, who resigned to contest the Benue State governorship election.

“To replace Mathias Byuan, the former Executive Director (Finance) of the Federal Housing Authority, who resigned to contest the governorship election in Benue, President Tinubu named Gisaor Iorja.

“Iorja is an economist, legal scholar, and academic currently serving as the secretary of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC),” it added.

According to the Presidency, all the appointments take immediate effect.