The name of former military ruler, Ibrahim Babangida, is back on governance radar as President Bola Tinubu has appointed his son, Mohammad Babangida, as Chairman of the revamped Bank of Agriculture.
The former military boss had been passively at home for years and usually only discussed when issues of the June 12 presidential election his regime annulled are being revisited.
Mohammed’s appointment 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
