Tinubu Makes New Appointments in NTA and Federal Institutions

President Bola Tinubu has appointed the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, as the Board Chairman of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)....CONTINUE READING>>>

This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Friday, March 28, 2025.

Tinubu also approved the appointment of Hon. Fatuhu Mohammed Buhari from Katsina State as the Director-General of the National Agricultural Seed Council, along with several others as board chairmen of federal institutions.

Some of the key appointments include:

• Mallam Muhammad Massan – Chairman, Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, Ilorin.
• Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas – Chairman, Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service.
• Dr. Austian Agada – Chairman, National Agricultural Seed Council.
• Hon. Macdonald Ebere – Chairman, Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Lagos.
• Ubong Stephen Ntukekpo – Chairman, National Institute for Freshwater Fish, New Bussa.
• Chief Emma Eneukwu – Chairman, National Automotive Development Council.
• Aminu Musa Bobi – Chairman, National Library of Nigeria.
• Pharm. Abass Olayide – Chairman, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Kaduna.
• Alhaji Mohammed Gadaka – Chairman, Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre.
• Benjamin Omale – Chairman, National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu.
• Rufus Bature – Chairman, Nigerian Coal Corporation.
• Alhaji Abubakar Muhammed Kana – Chairman, Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies.
• Hon. Donatus Nwankpa – Chairman, Project Development Institute (PRODA).
• Comrade Mustapha Salihu – Chairman, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
• Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu – Chairman, National Parks Headquarters.
• Alhaji Abdulmalik Usman – Chairman, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan.
• Hon. Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi – Chairman, Environmental Health Registration Council of Nigeria.
• Sola Elesin – Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences.
• Emperor Jarrett Tenebe – Chairman, Federal College of Agriculture, Akure.
• Alhaji Tukur Umar Danfulani – Chairman, Federal Medical Centre, Azare.
• Hon. Aminu Sani Gumel – Chairman, Federal College of Produce Inspection and Stored Products Technology, Kano.
• Barr. Idris Shuaibu – Chairman, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan.

The appointments reflect Tinubu’s continued efforts to restructure leadership across federal institutions.