President Bola Tinubu has appointed Muhammad Babangida as chairman of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA).

This was contained in a statement signed by the presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, on Friday, in Abuja.

Mr Onanuga stated that seven others would serve as chairman and directors-general of some other federal agencies.

Fifty-three-year-old Mr Babangida will head the agricultural and financial institution. He graduated from the European University in Montreux, Switzerland, and later from Harvard Business School.

Other appointments included Lydia Kalat Musa as Chairman, Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA), Jamilu Wada Aliyu as Chairman, National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), Yahuza Ado Inuwa as Chairman, Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON), and Sanusi Musa as Chairman of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolutions (IPCR).

Also, Prof. l-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu will serve as Director-General of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA), Sanusi Garba Rikiji will serve as the Director-General of the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN), Tomi Somefun will serve as the Managing Director of the National Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), and Dr Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria (Kaduna State) is now the Executive Director of the Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC).