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President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the son of Ibrahim Babangida, the former military dictator, Muhammad Babangida, as the chairman of the revamped Bank of Agriculture.
Bayo Onanuga, the president’s special adviser on information and strategy, announced the development in a statement on Friday, July 18.
Profile of Babangida’s son Tinubu appointed
The young Babangida is a 53-year-old who graduated from the European University in Switzerland with a degree in Business Administration and a Master’s in Public Relations and Business Communication.
Babangida, in 2002, completed an Executive Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Business School. Aside from the former military leader’s son, the president also announced the appointments of eight others into different federal government agencies.
Below is the list of the new appointees:
1. Muhammad Babangida (Niger) – Chairman, Bank of Agriculture
2. Lydia Kalat Musa (Kaduna) – Chairman, Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority
3. Jamilu Wada Aliyu (Kano) – Chairman, National Educational Research and Development Council
4. Yahuza Ado Inuwa (Kano) – Chairman, Standard Organisation of Nigeria
5. Sanusi Musa (SAN) (Kano) – Chairman, Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution
6. Prof. Al-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu (Sokoto) – DG, Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa
7. Sanusi Garba Rikiji (Zamfara) – DG, Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations
8. Mrs Tomi Somefun (Oyo) – MD, National Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission
9. Dr Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria (Kaduna) – Executive Director, Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission.
Tinubu to visit Kano
The announcement was made ahead of the president’s visit to Kano to condole with the family of the late Nigerian billionaire and philanthropist, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, according to an announcement by the presidency.
Onanuga announced the development in a statement. The presidential aide said the visit became imperative because the president was not in the country when the billionaire died.
The Nigerian philanthropist and elder statesman passed away at the age of 94. Sanusi Dantata announced his death in a social media post on Saturday morning, June 28, 2025.
The remains of the elder statesman arrived in Medina, Saudi Arabia, for burial on Tuesday, July 1. The burial ceremony was attended by top dignitaries, including Aliko Dangote.