President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of twenty (20) qualified Nigerians to serve as Federal Commissioners in the National Population Commission (NPC).
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports nine out of the 20 appointees are current Federal Commissioners being appointed to a second term in office.
Those appointed include:
- Hon. Emmanuel Trump Eke — Abia
- Dr. Clifford Zirra — Adamawa — Reappointed
- Mr. Chidi Christopher Ezeoke — Anambra — Reappointed
- Barr. Isa Audu Buratai — Borno — Reappointed
- Bishop Alex Ukam — Cross River
- Ms. Blessyn Brume-Ataguba — Delta
- Dr. Jeremiah Ogbonna Nwankwegu — Ebonyi
- Dr. Tony Aiyejina — Edo — Reappointed
- Mr. Ejike Ezeh — Enugu — Reappointed
- Mr. Abubakar Damburam — Gombe — Reappointed
- Prof. Uba Nnabue — Imo — Reappointed
- Ms. Sa’adatu Dogon Bauchi Garba — Kaduna
- Dr. Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa — Kano
- Hon. Yori Afolabi — Kogi
- Hon. Olakunle Sobukola — Ogun
- Hon. Temitayo Oluseye Oluwatuyi — Ondo
- Sen. Mudashiru Hussain — Osun — Reappointed
- Ms. Mary Ishaya Afan — Plateau
- Mr. Ogiri Itotenaan Henry — Rivers
- Mr. Saany Sale — Taraba — Reappointed
According to a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Media and Publicity, the President charged the new and returning NPC Federal Commissioners to successfully implement all measures taken by the administration to produce and effectively appropriate accurate population data with which lasting solutions to Nigeria’s socio-political and economic challenges can be conclusively developed and executed.