Tinubu Appoints Former President Babangida’s Son as Bank of Agriculture Chairman

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Muhammad Babangida, son of former military president Ibrahim Babangida, as the new chairman of the Bank of Agriculture.

The appointment was confirmed in a statement released on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. It forms part of a broader move by the presidency to reposition key government agencies for greater efficiency and performance.

Muhammad Babangida, 53, is an alumnus of the European University in Montreux, Switzerland, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Public Relations and Business Communication. He also completed an Executive Program in Corporate Governance at Harvard Business School in 2002.

Seven other individuals were also named to head various federal agencies:

• Lydia Kalat Musa (Kaduna State) – Chairman, Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA)
• Jamilu Wada Aliyu (Kano State) – Chairman, National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC)
• Hon. Yahuza Ado Inuwa (Kano State) – Chairman, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON)
• Sanusi Musa, SAN (Kano State) – Chairman, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR)
• Prof. Al-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu (Sokoto State) – Director-General, Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA)
• Sanusi Garba Rikiji (Zamfara State) – Director-General, Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN)
• Mrs Tomi Somefun (Oyo State) – Managing Director, National Hydro-Electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC)
• Dr Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria (Kaduna State) – Executive Director, Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC)

The appointments are part of President Tinubu’s ongoing efforts to inject new energy and leadership into key institutions critical to national development.