Tinubu Appoints 22 APC Leaders to Key Federal Boards, Overlooks C'River Chapter

Admin March 28, 2025


 President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of several All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains as board chairmen of federal agencies, overlooking the Cross River State Chapter of the party.


In a statement by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga, Felix Morka, the APC’s National Publicity Secretary, was named Board Chairman of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). Additionally, Hon. Fatuhu Mohammed Buhari from Katsina State was appointed Director-General of the National Agricultural Seed Council.  


The president also appointed the following APC leaders to head various federal agencies:  


- Mallam Muhammad Massan (APC Chairman, Bauchi State) – Board Chairman, Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, Ilorin.  

- Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas (APC Chairman, Kano State) – Board Chairman, Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service.  

- Dr. Austian Agada (APC Chairman, Benue State) – Board Chairman, National Agricultural Seed Council.  

- Hon. Macdonald Ebere (APC Chairman, Imo State) – Board Chairman, Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Lagos.  

- Ubong Stephen Ntukekpo (APC Chairman, Akwa Ibom State) – Board Chairman, National Institute for Freshwater Fish, New Bussa.  

- Chief Emma Eneukwu (APC Deputy Chairman, South) – Board Chairman, National Automotive Development Council.  

- Aminu Musa Bobi (APC Chairman, Niger State) – Board Chairman, National Library of Nigeria.  

- Pharm. Abass Olayide (APC Chairman, Oyo State) – Board Chairman, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Kaduna.  

- Alhaji Mohammed Gadaka (APC Chairman, Yobe State) – Board Chairman, Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre.  

- Benjamin Omale (APC Chairman, Benue State) – Board Chairman, National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu.  

- Rufus Bature (APC Chairman, Plateau State) – Board Chairman, Nigerian Coal Corporation.  

- Alhaji Abubakar Muhammed Kana (APC Chairman, Kebbi State) – Board Chairman, Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies.  

- Hon. Donatus Nwankpa (APC NWC Member, Abia State) – Board Chairman, Project Development Institute (PRODA).  

- Comrade Mustapha Salihu (APC Chairman, Adamawa State) – Board Chairman, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).  

- Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu (APC Chairman, Abia State) – Board Chairman, National Parks Headquarters.  

- Alhaji Abdulmalik Usman (APC Chairman, FCT) – Board Chairman, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan.  

- Hon. Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi (APC Chairman, Taraba State) – Board Chairman, Environmental Health Registration Council of Nigeria.  

- Sola Elesin (APC Chairman, Ekiti State) – Board Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences.  

- Emperor Jarrett Tenebe (APC Chairman, Edo State) – Board Chairman, Federal College of Agriculture, Akure.  

- Alhaji Tukur Umar Danfulani (APC Chairman, Zamfara State) – Board Chairman, Federal Medical Centre, Azare.  

- Hon. Aminu Sani Gumel (APC Chairman, Jigawa State) – Board Chairman, Federal College of Produce Inspection and Stored Products Technology, Kano.  

- Barr. Idris Shuaibu (APC Chairman, Adamawa State) – Board Chairman, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan.