Buhari names Chairmen for Education Ministry Agencies Dr Sadiq Umar Abubakar Included

 Buhari Names Chairmen for Education Ministry Agencies
Dr. Abubakar Sadiq, Prof. Ayo Banjo, Paul Unongo, others 

THE President, General Muhammadu Buhari has finally approved the reconstitution of the Governing Boards of 19 Agencies and Parastatals of the Federal Ministry of Education two years into his 4 year tenure. Those appointed include staunch and longtime Buhari supporter from Gombe State and ex-SDP National Secretary, a Senior Lecturer statistician at Kaduna Polytechnic, Dr. Abubakar Sadiq Umar as Chairman of National Examinations Council (NECO) who led the charge against PDP's Orubebe at the INEC collation of the Presidential polls that saw the General defeat Dr. Jonathan. 


Professor Ayo Banjo is named Chairman Board of National Universities Commission (NUC) while Second Republic Minister of Steel, and northern elder Wantareh Paul Unongo is Chairman, Governing Board of Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC).

Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who conveyed the appointments in a statement signed by his Ministry's Director, Press, Mrs Priscilla Ihuoma, on Friday (07/04/2017) in Abuja, said the reconstitution of the boards was for a period of four years, in the first instance, pursuant to the President’s powers under the laws establishing the Act of each Parastatal under the Ministry.

Adamu said in making the appointments, Buhari took into cognizance the provisions of the respective legislation with respect to composition, competence, credibility, integrity, federal character and geo-political spread.

He added that the Boards, consisting of the Chairmen and Members, will be inaugurated on a date to be announced soon.

Other agencies and their chairmen as are as follows: Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has Chief Emeka Nwajiuba as Board chairman while the National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) as Hon. Dr. Ekaete Obon Okon as the chairman.

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), has Dr. Mahmud Mohammed as board chairman while Prof. Zainab Alkali is appointed as the chairman of the National Library of Nigeria (NLN).

Others are: National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC), Dr. Gidado Bello Akko; National Commission for Nomadic Education (NCNE), Prof. Gidado Tahir; National Business and Technical Education Board (NABTEB),  Prof. Leonard Karshima Shilgba and Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), has Prof. Adamu Baikie as the chairman.

Also reconstituted are the boards of National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) with former Sokoto state SSG Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi as the chairman; National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), Senator Mallam Kaka Yale; National Mathematical Centre (NMC), Prof. Buba Bajoga; and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Dr. Emmanuel Ndukwe.

The National Institute of Nigerian Languages (NINLAN) has Chief N. N Nnabuchi as the chairman; Nigerian French Language Village (NFLV), Prof. Saliba Mukoro; National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Modupe Adelabu and Nigerian Arabic Language Village (NALV), which has Prof. O Oladusi as the board chairman.

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