President Tinubu Re-Appoints Dankaka As FCC Chairperson, Names Secretary, Commissioners
By Balarabe Alkassim, Abuja
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has re-appointed Dr Muheeba Dankaka as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) for a second five-year term.
President Tinubu also appointed Mohammed Musa as the Commission’s secretary and retained Kayode Oladele from Ogun as commissioner.
The appointments were disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga on Monday.
According to the atatement, Oladele, a former House of Representatives member, was appointed by President Tinubu in 2024.
He served as the commission’s acting chairman following the expiration of Dankaka’s first-term tenure.
The President also renewed the appointments of Lawal Ya’u Roni, Abubakar Atiku Bunu and Eludayo Eluyemi, representing Jigawa, Kebbi and Osun States, for second term.
The newly-appointed commissioners are;
Hon. Obina Oriaku – Abia; Mrs Bema Olvadi Madayi – Adamawa; Obongawan Dora Ebong – Akwa–Ibom; Hon. Nnoli Nkechi Gloria – Anambra; Babangida Adamu Gwana – Bauchi; Sir Tonye Okio – Bayelsa; Aligba Eugene Tarkende – Benue; Engr. Modu Mustapha – Borno; Dr. Stella Odey Ekpo – Cross River; Ederin Lovette Idisi – Delta and Barr. Nwokpor Vincent Nduka – Ebonyi.
Others include; Hon. Chief Victor Sabor Edoror – Edo; Hon. Sola Fokanle – Ekiti; Peter Eze – Enugu; Ibrahim Baba Mairiga – Gombe; Hon. Jerry Alagbaoso – Imo; Ruth Jumai Ango – Kaduna; Muhammad Awwal Nayya – Kano; Hon. Anas Isah – Katsina; Bello Idris Eneye – Kogi; Dr. Ibrahim Abdullahi – Kwara and Alh. Isah Jibrin – Niger.
The rest include Comrade Ajimudu Bola – Ondo; Prince Ayodeji Abas Aleshinloye – Oyo; Hon. Pam Bolman – Plateau; Aaron Chukwuemeka – Rivers; Alh. Aminu Tambar – Sokoto; Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama – Taraba; Hon. Jibir Maigari – Yobe; Sani Garba – Zamfara and Solomon Ayuba Dagami – FCT.