President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of 20 new Federal Commissioners to the National Population Commission (NPC). Nine current Federal Commissioners have also been reappointed to a second term in office.
The appointments were announced in a statement issued by Tinubu’s spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, on Wednesday.
Nine of the 20 new appointments are current Federal Commissioners reappointed for a second term. They are Dr. Clifford Zirra (Adamawa), Mr. Chidi Christopher Ezeoke (Anambra), Barr. Isa Audu Buratai (Borno), Dr. Tony Aiyejina (Edo), Mr. Ejike Ezeh (Enugu), Mr. Abubakar Damburam (Gombe), Prof. Uba Nnabue (Imo), Sen. Mudashiru Hussain (Osun) and Mr. Saany Sale (Taraba).
The new Federal Commissioners are Hon. Emmanuel Trump Eke (Abia), Dr Jeremiah Ogbonna Nwankwegu (Ebonyi), Mr Olakunle Sobukola (Ogun), Hon. Temitayo Oluseye Oluwatuyi (Ondo), Hon. Yori Afolabi (Kogi), Dr Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa (Kano), Ms Sa’adatu Dogon Bauchi Garba (Kaduna), Hon. Olakunle Sobukola (Ogun), Ms Mary Ishaya Afan (Plateau), and Mr Ogiri Itotenaan Henry (Rivers)
The President, according to Ngelale, charges the new and returning NPC Federal Commissioners to successfully implement all measures taken by his 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.
