President Bola Tinubu has appointed the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, as the Board Chairman of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).
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This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
The statement further announced that the President approved the appointment of Hon. Fatuhu Buhari, a Katsina State indigene, as the Director-General of the National Agricultural Seed Council.
Additionally, 19 APC state chairmen and some National Working Committee (NWC) members have been appointed as board chairmen of various federal government institutions.
Dr. Austian Agada, APC State Chairman of Benue State, has been appointed as the Board Chairman of the National Agricultural Seed Council. Hon. Macdonald Ebere, APC State Chairman of Imo State, will serve as the Board Chairman of the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Lagos.
Ubong Stephen Ntukekpo, APC State Chairman of Akwa Ibom State, has been named Board Chairman of the National Institute for Freshwater Fish, New Bussa. Chief Emma Eneukwu, Deputy Chairman South of the APC, is now the Board Chairman of the National Automotive Development Council.
Aminu Musa Bobi, APC State Chairman of Niger State, has been appointed as the Board Chairman of the National Library of Nigeria. Pharm. Abass Olayide, APC State Chairman of Oyo State, will oversee the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Kaduna, as its Board Chairman.
Alhaji Mohammed Gadaka, APC State Chairman of Yobe State, is now the Board Chairman of the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre. Benjamin Omale, APC State Chairman of Benue State, has been named Board Chairman of the National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu. Rufus Bature, APC State Chairman of Plateau State, will serve as Board Chairman of the Nigerian Coal Corporation. Alhaji Abubakar Muhammed Kana, APC State Chairman of Kebbi State, has been appointed Board Chairman of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies. Hon. Donatus Nwankpa, an APC National Working Committee Member from Abia State, is the new Board Chairman of the Project Development Institute (PRODA).
Comrade Mustapha Salihu, APC National Vice Chairman of the Northeast, has been appointed Board Chairman of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu, APC State Chairman of Abia State, has been assigned as the Board Chairman of the National Parks Headquarters.
Alhaji Abdulmalik Usman, APC State Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory, has been appointed Board Chairman of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan. Hon. Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi, APC State Chairman of Taraba State, will oversee the Environmental Health Registration Council of Nigeria as its Board Chairman. Sola Elesin, APC State Chairman of Ekiti State, has been appointed Board Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences.
Emperor Jarrett Tenebe, APC State Chairman of Edo State, has been named Board Chairman of the Federal College of Agriculture, Akure. Alhaji Tukur Umar Danfulani, APC State Chairman of Zamfara State, is now the Board Chairman of the Federal Medical Centre, Azare.
Hon. Aminu Sani Gumel, APC State Chairman of Jigawa State, has been appointed Board Chairman of the Federal College of Produce Inspection and Stored Products Technology, Kano. Barr. Idris Shuaibu, APC State Chairman of Adamawa State, has been named Board Chairman of the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan.
The appointments, which place key APC figures at the helm of federal institutions, further solidify the ruling party’s influence in government administration. Political analysts have viewed these appointments as a strategic move to maintain party dominance across national governance structures.