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