Pres. Tinubu appoints CAC chairman, nominates seven NPC commissioners

Pres. Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Sen. Dr Ibrahim Ida as Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and nominated seven persons as Federal Commissioners of the National Population Commission (NPC).

The nominations are subject to confirmation by the National Assembly.

Ida holds an MSc in Banking and Finance from the University of Ibadan (1983) and an LLB from the University of Abuja (2003).

He represented Katsina Central in the Senate after his election in 2017 and previously served as Commissioner of Finance in Katsina State, as well as Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil Service.

The nominees for the NPC are:

Kolawole Oladipupo Alabi — Ekiti State
Nasiru Mu’azu — Zamfara State
Usman Abubakar Tuggar — Bauchi State
Dr Isaka Alada Yahaya — Kwara State
Prof. Sadiq Isah Radda — Katsina State
Suleiman Umar — Jigawa State
Hon. Chiso Abdullahi Dattijo — Sokoto State

The appointments are intended to fill existing vacancies and complement other Federal Commissioners already sworn in.

Pres. Tinubu also appointed Dr Yusuf Mohammed as Chairman of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaltungo.

In addition, the President confirmed the appointment of Bala Mohammed Bello as Special Adviser on Political Economy.

Bello, from Kebbi State, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and an MBA from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

He previously served as Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Nigeria and as Executive Director (Corporate Services) at the Nigerian Export-Import Bank between 2017 and 2022.

The President expressed confidence in the appointees’ ability to contribute to the administration’s commitment to improving the welfare of Nigerians.

The statement was issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, on March 30, 2026.