President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Muhammad Babangida, son of former military president General Ibrahim Babangida, as Chairman of the newly restructured Bank of Agriculture.
The appointment was announced on Friday by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, who disclosed a list of new leadership figures heading various federal agencies and institutions across the country.
Muhammad Babangida, 53, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Public Relations and Business Communication from the European University in Montreux, Switzerland. He is also an alumnus of the prestigious Harvard Business School, where he completed the Executive Programme on Corporate Governance in 2002.
His appointment to the helm of the Bank of Agriculture is part of President Tinubu’s ongoing effort to revitalise key sectors, particularly agriculture, which remains central to the administration’s economic diversification agenda.
Alongside Babangida, several other appointments were also unveiled:
Lydia Kalat Musa (Kaduna State) – Chairman, Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA)
Jamilu Wada Aliyu (Kano State) – Chairman, National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC)
Hon. Yahuza Ado Inuwa (Kano State) – Chairman, Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON)
Sanusi Musa, SAN (Kano State) – Chairman, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR)
Prof. Al-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu (Sokoto State) – Director-General, Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA)
Sanusi Garba Rikiji (Zamfara State) – Director-General, Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN)
Mrs Tomi Somefun (Oyo State) – Managing Director, National Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC)
Dr Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria (Kaduna State) – Executive Director, Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC)
The appointments reflect a mix of technocrats, legal experts, and public administrators drawn from across the country, which the presidency says is in line with its commitment to competence, inclusion, and institutional reform.
Reactions have begun to trail the inclusion of Babangida’s son, with some political commentators noting the symbolism of continuity in Nigerian political and administrative circles.
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