President Bola Tinubu has appointed Muhammad Babangida, son of former military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida, as Chairman of the revamped Bank of Agriculture.
This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
Babangida, 53, holds a degree in Business Administration and a Master’s in Public Relations and Business Communication from the European University in Switzerland.
He also completed an Executive Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Business School in 2002.
The statement also announced the appointments of several other individuals to leadership roles in federal agencies:
Lydia Kalat Musa (Kaduna): Chairman, Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority
Jamilu Wada Aliyu (Kano): Chairman, National Educational Research and Development Council
Yahuza Ado Inuwa (Kano): Chairman, Standard Organisation of Nigeria
Sanusi Musa (SAN) (Kano): Chairman, Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution
Prof. Al-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu (Sokoto): DG, Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa
Sanusi Garba Rikiji (Zamfara): DG, Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations
Mrs Tomi Somefun (Oyo): MD, National Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission
Dr Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria (Kaduna): Executive Director, Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission
This people will never pick or give an appointment to the son and daughter of so called common man. Nigeria resources and power to rule belong to the son and daughter or the richman in this county. we have competent people at grassroots but they will never be considered. The question l may ask it that thise of us that schoolein Nigeria those it means we don’t know any thing? It is in Nigeria l see that they gave appointment to someone who can not write but he used money to hire secretary to be writing for him. someone like me now l have 7 certified certificates and many people outside there may have more than me and what is so special about school in abroad that made them to be ahead of us in Nigeria. it is well