Tinubu names Ibrahim Ida as CAC chairman, appoints 7 NPC commissioners

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced a fresh round of key appointments, naming Senator Dr. Ibrahim Ida as the new Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). Alongside this, the president has also nominated seven individuals to fill existing vacancies at the National Population Commission (NPC), signaling a continued effort to strengthen leadership across critical government institutions.

According to a statement released by Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Dr. Ibrahim Ida brings a strong academic and professional background to his new role. He earned a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Ibadan in 1983, and later obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the University of Abuja in 2003.

Before being elected to the Senate in 2017 to represent Katsina Central, he served as the Commissioner of Finance for Katsina State and as the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Civil Service.

The seven people nominated as Federal Commissioners to represent their respective states in the National Population Commission are:

1. Kolawole Oladipupo Alabi – Ekiti State

2. Nasiru Mu’azu – Zamfara State

3. Usman Abubakar Tuggar – Bauchi State

4. Dr Isaka Alada Yahaya – Kwara State

5. Prof. Sadiq Isah Radda – Katsina State

6. Suleiman Umar – Jigawa State

7. Hon. Chiso Abdullahi Dattijo – Sokoto State

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

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

President 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 the Nigerian Export-Import Bank from 2017 to 2022.

President Tinubu strongly believes 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.