1 week Ago By George Oshogwe Ogbolu
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, has list all President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointment since the beginning of his tenure. Naija News reports that Dare was reacting to Senator Ali Ndume’s latest statement accusing Tinubu of failing to adhere to the principle of federal character with his appointments. In a statement on his X handle, the presidential aide stated that Tinubu is a detribalised leader.
He said: “ His antecedents before he even became president speak to this fact. As Lagos Governor, President Tinubu populated his government with competent hands both from within and outside Lagos not minding which tribe you come from. “As President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu remains the same man who is not blinded by the cloak of tribe or religion.
He understands that the mandate he won is from the six geopolitical zones of the country and therefore knows that he bears the responsibility to carry every section along to build a very strong nation. “People tend to isolate new appointments so far made by the President to examine them with a tribal lens but it is too early to conclude that appointments are lopsided. Tinubu has barely completed two years in office yet, there are plenty more appointments still coming.
” Sunday Dare said a more expansive view of key federal appointments across major government institutions and agencies shows that the President is on the right track as far as Federal character is concerned. According to the former Sports Minister, a glance at the list of 134 federal appointments he released shows that the Northern part of this country has a total of 71 appointments compared to 63 for the entire South. He said: “ When you break down the 63 positions given to the South, the South West leads marginally with 26 slots while the South South has 21 positions.
The South East with five states has 16 positions. “So, if we carry out an unbiased analysis, you’ll see that there is no cause for alarm. ” The Presidency has issued a list detailing President Tinubu’s appointments to date: South West: 1.
Bosun Tijani Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy 2. Wale Edun Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy 3. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo Minister of Interior 4.
Adebayo Adelabu Minister of Power 5. Dele Alake Minister of Solid Minerals Development 6. Dr.
Jumoke Oduwole Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment 7. Adegboyega Oyetola Minister of Marine & Blue Economy 8. Olayemi Cardoso CBN Governor 9.
Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja Chief of Army Staff 10. Kayode Egbetokun Inspector General of Police 11. Zaccheus Adedeji Chairman, FIRS 12.
Adeola Ajayi Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) 13. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi Comptroller-General of Customs 14. Olanipekun Olukoyede Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) 15.
Kayode Isiak Opeifa Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation 16. Oluwasegun Faleye Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund 17. Vincent Olatunji (NSITF) 18.
Raji Kazeem Kolawole Managing Director /CEO, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) 19. Bayo Onanuga Director General, National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI) 20. Sunday Dare Special Adviser on Information and Strategy 21.
Tope Kolade Fasua Special Adviser on Public Communications Orientation 22. Peju Adedajo Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters (Office of the VP) 23. Temitola Asekunle-Johnson Senior Special Assistant to the President on Investment & Privatisation (Office of VP) 24.
Mariam Temitope Senior Special Assistant to the President, Job Creation & NSMEs (Office of VP) 25. Tunde Rahman Senior Special Assistant to the President, Regional Development Programmes 26. Moremi Ojudu SSAP on Community Engagement 27.
Tope Ajayi SSA, Media and Public Affairs 28. Segun Dada Special Assistant, Social Media 29. Demola Oshodi SSA, Protocol North Central: 1.
Shuaibu Audu Minister of Steel Development 2.Muhammed Idris Minister of Information 3. Zaphanian Jisalo Minister of Special Duties 4.
Lateef Fagbemi Minister of Justice 5. Joseph Utsev Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation 6. Nentawe Yilwatde Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction 7.
Imaan Sulaiman Ibrahim Minister of State, Police Affairs 8. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security 9. Bashir Bayo Ojulari GMD, NNPC Limited 10.
Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed Director General, National Intelligence Agency 11. Dr. Idris A.
Sulaimon Director General, Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) 12. Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps 13.
Engr. Jaji O. Abdulganiyu Controller General of the Federal Fire Service 14.
Kemi Nandap Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service 15. Haruna Y. Usman Chairman, Upper Niger River Basin Development Authority 16.
Dangajere Shuaibu Bawa Jaja Managing Director, Upper Niger River Basin Development Authority 17. Dr. Amos Gizo Yadukso Chairman, Lower Benue River Basin Development Authority 18.
Engr. Ninga Terese Managing Director, Lower Benue River Basin Development Authority 19. Abiodun Essiet SSAP on Community Engagement 20.
Gimba Kakanda Senior Special Assistant to the President, Research and Analytics (Office of the VP) 21. Isaq Ahmed Ningi, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Digital media & Emergency Management 22. Mr.
Aliyu Audu, Special Assistant to the President, Public Affairs 23. Sen. Ibrahim Oloriege Chairman, NHIA 24.
Tunde Ajibulu, Deputy Executive Secretary (Services), UBEC 25. Sunday Sylva Togo Echono Executive Secretary, TETFUND North East: 1. Abubakar Kyari Minister of Agriculture and Food Security 2.
Idi Mukhtar Maiha Minister of Livestock Development 3. Sa’idu Alkali Minister of Tranportation 4. Yusuf Tuggar Minister of Foreign Affairs 5.
Muhammad Ali Pate Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare 6. Ibrahim Gaidam Minister of Police Affairs 7. Uba Maigari Ahmadu Minister of State for Regional Development 8.
Ahmadu Musa Kida NNPCL Non-executive Chairman. 9. Nuhu Ribadu National Security Adviser 10.
Mohammed Buba Marwa Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency 11. Hajiya Hafsat Bakari CEO, Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit 12. Prof.
Abdu Dauda Chairman, Chad Basin Development Authority 13. Tijjani Musa Tumsa Managing Director, Chad Basin Development Authority 14. Alh.
Sanusi Mohammed Babantanko Chairman, Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority 15. Abdulhamid Yahaya Abba SSAP on Community Engagement 16. Dr.
Bala Mohammed Deputy Governor, CBN 17. Aliyu Modibbo Umar Special Adviser (SAD), General Duties 18. Sadiq Wanna Special Adviser (SAD), to the President on Power Infrastructure (Office of the VP) 19.
Usman Muhammad SSA to the President on Administration & Office Accommodation (Office of the VP) 20. Nasir Yammama Senior Special Assistant to the President on Innovation (Office of the VP) 21. Bashir Maidugu Deputy State House Counsel (Senior Special Assistant to the President) 22.
Dr. Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser on Media and Policy Communications 23. Mr.
Francis Adah Abah Personal Assistant to the President, Special Duties 24. Mumuni Dagazau Executive Vice President for Downstream North West: 1. Mohammed Badaru Abubakar Minister of Defence 2.
Hannatu Musawa Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy 3. Ahmed Dangiwa Minister of Housing and Urban Development 4. Bello Goronyo Minister of State for Water Resources 5.
Yusuf Tanko Sununu Minister of State for Education 6. Bello Matawalle Minister of State for Defence 7. Hajiya Hafsat Bakari CEO, Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit 8.
General Christopher Gwabin Musa Chief of Defence Staff 9. Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar Chief of Air Staff 10. Haliru Nababa Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service 11.
Shehu Usman Mohammed Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission 12. Aminu Maida EVC, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) 13. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) 14.
Brig Gen YD Ahmed Director-General, National Youth Service Corps 15. Mohammed Buba Marwa Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency 16. Abdullahi U.
Ganduje Chairman, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) 17. H. E.
Abdullahi U. Ganduje Chairman, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria 18. Dr.
Musa Adamu Aliyu Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission 19. Nasiru Gawuna Chairman, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria 20. Musa Sarkin Adar Chairman, National Inland Waterways Authority 21.
H. E. Nasiru Gawuna Chairman, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria 22.
H.E Aminu Bello Masari Chairman, TETFUND 23. Alh.
Bashir Usman Gumel Chairman, Federal Medical Centre, Yola 24. Dr. Mohammed Gusau Hassan Chairman, Federal Medical Centre Birnin Kudu 25.
Isa Sadiq Achida Chairman, Raw Materials Research and Development Council 26. Amb. Abubakar Shehu Wurno Chairman, Sokoto-Rima River Basin Development Authority 27.
Major Gen. Jubril Abdulmalik Secretary, Civil Defence, Immigration and Prisons Services Board 28. Dr Mohammed Mohammed Aminu Registrar/Chief Executive Officer (NABTEB) 29.
Abdullahi Tanko Yakassai SSAP on Community Engagement 30. Sani Dattijo Deputy Governor, CBN 31. Rukaiya El-Rufai Special Adviser to President on NEC & Climate Change (Office of the VP) 32.
Hakeem Baba Ahmed Special Adviser (SAD), on Political Matters (Office of VP) 33. Muhammad Bulama Senior Special Assistant to the President on Politics/Special Duties (office of the VP) 34. Zainab Yunusa Senior Special Assistant to the President on NEC (Office of the VP) 35.
Abdulaziz Abdulaziz Senior Special Assistant to the President, Print Media 36. Ibrahim Masari SSA Politics South South: 1. Festus Keyamo Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development 2.
Ekperipe Ekpo Minister of State, Gas Resources 3. Heineken Lokpobiri Minister of State, Petroleum Resources 4. John Enoh Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment 5.
Nyesom Wike Minister of Federal Capital Territory 6. Abubakar Momoh Minister of Regional Development 7. Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla Chief of Naval Staff 8.
Major General Emmanuel Undiandeye Chief of Defence Intelligence 9. Emomotimi Agama Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 10. Mrs.
Glory Ekpo Oho Managing Director, Cross River Basin Development Authority 11. Sen. Magnus Abe Chairman, National Agency for the Great Green Wall 12.
Chief (Barr.) Ebikemi Boi Bosin Chairman, Niger Delta Basin Development Authority 13. Hon.
Amgbare Ebitimi Managing Director, Niger Delta Basin Development Authority 14. Mr. Saleh Abubakar Director-General, National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) 15.
Dr. Dakorinama Alabo George Director-General, Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA). 16.
Gift Johnbull SSAP on Community Engagement 17. Emem Nnana Usoro CBN Deputy Governor 18. O’tega Ogra SSA, Digital/New Media to the President 19.
Mrs. Linda Nwabuwa Akhigbe SSA, Strategic Communications 20. Rowland Ewubare Group Chief Operating Officer, NNPCL 21.
Nosa Asemota Special Assistant, Visual Communications to the President 22. Prof. Nenibarini Zabbey Project Coordinator, HYPREP South East: 1.
Dr. Doris Anite Uzoka Minister of State for Finance 2. Bianca Ojukwu Minister of State for Foreign Affairs 3.
Nkeiru Onyejiocha Minister of State for Labour 4. Sen. Dave Umahi Minister of Works 5.
Dr. Uche Nnaji Minister of Science and Technology 6. Uzoma Nwagba MD, Credicorp 7.
Rt. Hon. Emeka Nduka Managing Director, Anambra-Imo River Basin Development Authority 8.
Adesua Dozie Company Secretary and Chief Legal Officer, NNPCL 9. Hon. Mark Okoye MD/CEO, South-East Development Commission (SEDC) 10.
Philip Ikeazor Deputy Governor for Financial System Stability, CBN 11. Sophia Mbakwe Executive Vice President of Business Services, NNPCL 12. Mr.
John Ugochukwu Uwajumogu Special Adviser, Industry, Trade and Investment 13. Chioma Nweze SSAP on Community Engagement 14. Kingsley Stanley Nkwocha SSA to the President, Media and Communication (Office of VP) 15.
Kingsley Uzoma SSA to the President on Agribusiness & Productivity Enhancement (Office of VP) 16. Mr. Fredrick Nwabufo SSA to the President on Public Engagement.
