President Bola Tinubu has appointed Muhammad Babangida, son of former military President Ibrahim Babangida, as Chairman of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA).
The appointment was announced on Friday in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, on July 18, 2025.
Onanuga said the president approved the appointment along with eight others.
Babangida, 53, holds a degree in Business Administration and a Master’s in Public Relations and Business Communication from the European University in Switzerland.
He also completed an Executive Programme on Corporate Governance at Harvard Business School in 2002.
According to Onanuga, others appointed by the President are Lydia Musa (Kaduna State) Chairman, Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA); Jamilu Wada Aliyu (Kano State) Chairman, National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC); Yahuza Inuwa (Kano State) is the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) chairman.
Also not left out are Sanusi Rikiji as the Director-General of the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN); Tomi Somefun as the Managing Director of the National Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC); and Abdulmumini Aminu-Zaria as the executive director of the Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC).
“Sanusi Musa (SAN, Kano State) is the Chairman of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution(IPCR); Professor Al-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu (Sokoto State) is the Director-General of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA),” the statement read.
