Tinubu Names Ibrahim Ida CAC Chairman, Nominates Seven as National Population Commissioners

• Confirms Bala Bello as Special Adviser on Political Economy

Deji Elumoye in Abuja

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr Ibrahim Ida as Chairman of Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and nominated seven people to fill vacant commissioner-positions at National Population Commission (NPC).

Ida holds an MSc in Banking and Finance from the University of Ibadan (1983) and an LLB from the University of Abuja (2003). Before being elected to Senate in 2017 to represent Katsina Central, he served as Commissioner for Finance in Katsina State and Permanent Secretary, Federal Civil Service.

According to a release issued on Monday by presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga,

the seven people nominated as Federal Commissioners to represent their respective states in NPC are Kolawole Oladipupo Alabi – Ekiti State; Nasiru Mu’azu – Zamfara State;

Usman Abubakar Tuggar – Bauchi State;

Dr Isaka Alada Yahaya – Kwara State;

Professor Sadiq Isah Radda – Katsina State;

Suleiman Umar – Jigawa State, and Hon. Chiso Abdullahi Dattijo – Sokoto State.

The appointments, which complement other Federal Commissioners already sworn in, are subject to confirmation by the National Assembly, according to the release.

The president also appointed Dr Yusuf Mohammed of Kano State as Chairman of Federal Polytechnic, Kaltungo.

Tinubu confirmed the appointment of Bala Mohammed Bello as his Special Adviser on Political Economy.

Bello, from Kebbi State, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and an MBA from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Before this appointment, he was a Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He also served as Executive Director (Corporate Services) at Nigerian Export-Import Bank from 2017 to 2022.

The statement said Tinubu believed in the capacities of the appointees to put in their best to further the administration’s commitment to a better lease of life for Nigerians.