President Bola Tinubu has appointed former senator, Ibrahim Ida, as Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission.
The appointments were announced in a statement issued on Monday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
According to the statement, Ida brings extensive experience in public administration and finance to his new role.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Sen. Dr Ibrahim Ida as Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission and nominated seven people to fill vacant commissioner positions at the National Population Commission.
“Ida holds an MSc in Banking and Finance from the University of Ibadan and an LLB from the University of Abuja,” the statement said.
Before his election to the Senate in 2017, where he represented Katsina Central, Ida served as Commissioner of Finance in Katsina State and later as a Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil Service.
Tinubu also nominated seven individuals to fill vacant commissioner positions in the National Population Commission, subject to confirmation by the National Assembly.
Those nominated include Kolawole Oladipupo Alabi (Ekiti), Nasiru Mu’azu (Zamfara), Usman Abubakar Tuggar (Bauchi), Dr Isaka Alada Yahaya (Kwara), Prof Sadiq Isah Radda (Katsina), Suleiman Umar (Jigawa), and Hon. Chiso Abdullahi Dattijo (Sokoto).
Onanuga noted that the nominations were meant to complement other federal commissioners already sworn in at the commission.
