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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of former senator Ibrahim Ida as Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), while also nominating seven people as commissioners of the National Population Commission (NPC).
The appointment was announced on Monday in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
According to the statement, Ida’s background in government and finance positions her well for the role.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Senator Dr Ibrahim Ida as Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission and nominated seven persons to fill the vacant commissioner positions in the National Population Commission.
“Ida holds an MSc in Banking and Finance from the University of Ibadan and an LLB from the University of Abuja,” the statement said.
Ida, who represented Katsina Central in the Senate after being elected in 2017, previously served as Commissioner for Finance in Katsina State and later rose to the position of Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil Service.
Apart from Ida’s appointment, the President also forwarded the names of seven candidates to fill the vacancies at the NPC while awaiting confirmation from the National Assembly. Those nominated 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 Hon. Chiso Abdullahi Dattijo (Sokoto).
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Onanuga explained that the move was aimed at strengthening the commission’s operations by complementing the work of the incumbent federal commissioners.
In a related development, the President also appointed Dr Yusuf Mohammed from Kano State as Chairman of the Federal Polytechnic Kaltungo.
Next, Tinubu confirmed Bala Bello as Special Advisor on Political Economy. Bello, a native of Taraba State, holds a degree in Accounting and Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University and has held key roles in finance, including Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Nigeria and Executive Director (Corporate Services) at the Export-Import Bank of Nigeria between 2017 and 2022.
The presidency expressed optimism that the new appointees would play an important role in advancing the government’s development agenda.
“President Tinubu has great confidence in the capacity of his appointees to give their best to advance the government’s commitment to provide a better life for Nigerians,” the statement added.
