BREAKING: President Tinubu Appoints Onanuga, Yakubu as SA, SSA

• President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed a new Special Adviser and Senior Special Assistant
• Tinubu appointed Bayo Onanuga, the spokesman of his campaign team as Special Adviser on Information and Strategy
• The two appointments were announced about an hour after Tinubu overhauled the FERMA governing board and management team

FCT, Abuja - President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed the former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Bayo Onanuga, as Special Adviser on Information and Strategy.

Tinubu also appointed Ms. Delu Bulus Yakubu, as Senior Special Assistant on Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Friday evening, October 13.

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BREAKING Tinubu overhauls FERMA board, makes fresh appointments

The statement posted on X (formerly known as Twitter)@NGRPresident, partially read:

"As part of efforts to prioritize effective and efficient working synergy between the Presidency and Federal Ministries, President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of professionals who have prior working experience within the architecture of the Federal Ministries they will be coordinating with, in addition to duties that will be carried out at the President's discretion:

Tinubu overhauls FERMA board, makes fresh appointments

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the governing board and management team of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has been overhauled by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The President approved the appointment of the new board chairman and 11 other members that make up the structure of FERMA.

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It was gathered that the new board would have a renewable term of four (4) years, as stipulated in Section 2(3) of the FERMA Amendment Act, 2007.

Full list emerges as Tinubu makes 14 new appointments

Given his Renewed Hope Agenda, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has added 14 new persons to his appointment checklist.

Legit.ng reports that the new appointments were made on Friday, October 13, according to a statement shared by the ruling government's top sources.

This time, the president bolstered the Industry, Trade, and Investment sectors of Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria.

Tinubu appoints CEOs For NIPOST, NCC, NITDA, others

Tinubu approved the appointments of new and returning Chief Executive Officers for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and others.

The other agencies are Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) and Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC).

Source: Legit.ng