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PRESIDENT TINUBU APPROVES EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT FOR RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES

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STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT TINUBU APPROVES EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT FOR RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of the Executive Management of 12 River Basin Development Authorities under the Federal Ministry of Water Resources.
OGUN-OSUN RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, ABEOKUTA (Lagos, Oyo, Ogun and Osun)
1. Hon. Odebunmi Olusegun – Chairman (Oyo)
2. Engr. Dr. Adedeji Ashiru – Managing Director (Osun)
3. Ayo Oyalowo – Executive Director, Finance (Oyo)
4. Dokunmu Olufemi Oyekunle – Executive Director, Planning and Design (Ogun)
5. S u l e i m a n Oris – Executive Director, Agric Services (Lagos)
6 . Engr. Julius Oloro – Executive Director, Engineering (Lagos)
UPPER BENUE RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, YOLA. Adamawa, Taraba, Gombe and Bauchi)
1. Alh. Sanusi Mohammed Babantanko – Chairman (Bauchi)
2. Samuel Mahmud Mohammed – Managing Director (Taraba)
3. Hon. Usman Babandubu Bakare – Executive Director, Engineering (Taraba)
4. Ibrahim Dasuki Jalo – Executive Director Finance (Gombe)
5. Hon. Isa Matori – Executive Director, Planning and Design Part of Bauchi
6. Hamman Dikko – Executive Director, Agric Services (Adamawa)
CHAD BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, MAIDUGURI (Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa)
1. Prof. Abdu Dauda – Chairman (Borno)
2. Tijjani Musa Tumsa – Managing Director (Yobe)
3. Barr. Bashir Baale – Executive Director, Finance (Yobe)
4. lliyasu Muazu – Executive Director, Agric Services (Adamawa)
5. Engr. Mohammed Shetima – Executive Director, Engineering (Borno)
6. Vrati Nzonzo – Executive Director, Planning and Design (Borno)
BENIN-OWENA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (Edo, Delta North, Ondo and Ekiti)
1. Hon. Mike Ohio Ezomo – Chairman (Edo)
2. Femi Adekanbi – Managing Director (Ondo)
3. Dr. Austin Nonyelim Izagbo – Executive Director Planning and Design (Delta)
4. Hon. Johnson Oghuma – Executive Director, Agric Services (Edo)
5. Adegboyega Bamisile – Executive Director Finance (Ekiti)
6 . Bayode Akinduro – Executive Director Engineering (Ondo)
NIGER DELTA BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (Rivers, Bayelsa and parts of Delta)
1. Chief (Barr.) Ebikemi Boi Bosin – Chairman (Delta)
2. Hon. Amgbare Ebitimi – Managing Director (Bayelsa)
3. Chief (Mrs.) Mary Alagoa – Executive Director Finance (Rivers)
4. Dr. Austin N. Izagbo – Executive Director, Engineering (Delta)
5. Mr. Felix Kurogha – Executive Director Agric Services (Bayelsa)
6. Barr. (Dr.) Nnamdi Akani – Executive Director, Planning and Design (Rivers)
UPPER NIGER RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, MINNA (Niger, Kaduna and FCT)
1. Haruna Y. Usman – Chairman (Niger)
2. Dangajere Shuaibu Bawa Jaja – Managing Director (Kaduna)
3. M o h a m m e d Usma – Executive Director, Finance (Niger)
4. Dr. Abdullahi A. Kutso – Executive Director, Planning and Design (Niger)
5. Ayuba Waziri Tedde – Executive Director, Agric services (FCT)
6. John Hassan – Executive Director, Engineering (Kaduna)
LOWER NIGER RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, ILORIN (Kwara and Kogi)
1. Alh. Abdullateef Alakawa – Chairman (Kwara)
2 . Engr. George Olumoroti – Managing Director (Kogi)
3. Engr. Babajamu Adeniran – Executive Director, Engineering (Kwara)
4. Hon. Abdullahi Sadiq – Executive Director, Agric Services (Kogi)
5. Engr. Alanamu Ayinla Abolere – Executive Director, Planning and Design (Kwara)
6. Hon. Abidemi Adeyemi- Executive Director Finance (Kogi)
LOWER BENUE RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, MAKURDI (Benue, Plateau, Nasarawa and Kogi)
1. Dr Amos Gizo Yadukso – Chairman ( Plateau )
2. Engr. Ninga Terese – Managing Director (Benue)
3. Chief Chris Takar – Executive Director, Engineering (Benue)
4. Hon. Yusuf Omaaki – Executive Director, Finance (Nasarawa)
5. Hon. Hassan Omale – Executive Director, Agric Services (Kogi)
6. Okibe Timothy Ogomola – Executive Director, Planning and Design (Benue)
ANAMBRA – IMO RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, OWERRI (Anambra, Imo, Enugu, Abia and Ebonyi)
1. Senator Emmanuel Anosike – Chairman (Anambra)
2 .Rt. Hon. Emeka Nduka- Managing Director (Imo)
3. Nwebonyi Priscilla Nkechi – Executive Director Finance (Ebonyi)
4. Hon. Evaristus Asadu – Executive Director, Engineering (Enugu)
5. Barrister Onukwubiri N.Ojigwe- Executive Director, Agric Services (Abia)
6. Barr. Abigail Igwe – Executive Director, Planning and Design (Anambra)
HADEJIA JAMAERE RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, KANO (Kano, Jigawa and Bauchi)
1 . Mamman Da’u Aliyu – Chairman (Jigawa)
2. Engr. Rabiu Suleiman Bichi – Managing Director Director (Kano)
3. Tijjani Musa Isa – Executive Director, Planning and Design (Jigawa)
4. Hajiya Zainab Gamawa – Executive Director Agric Services (Bauchi)
5. Baffa Dandatti Abdulkadir – Executive Director, Engineering (Kano)
6 . H o n. Musa Iliyasu Kwankwaso – Executive Director Finance (Kano)
CROSS RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (Cross River and Akwa Ibom)
1. Mr. Wabilly Nyiam – Chairman (Cross River)
2. Mrs. Glory Ekpo Oho – Managing Director (Akwa Ibom)
3. Effiwatt Otu Eyo – Executive Director Finance (Cross River)
4. Ms. Ebiere Etuk Udoh – Executive Director, Agric Services (Akwa Ibom)
5. Engr. Charles Usua Akpan – Executive Director, Engineering (Akwa Ibom)
6. Dr. Ndom Abia -Executive Director, Planning and Design (Akwa Ibom)
SOKOTO RIMA BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara and Katsina)
1. Hon. Bello Yahaya Wurno – Chairman (Sokoto)
2 Abubakar Mallam – Managing Director (Kebbi)
3. Kabiru Ladan Maigoro- Executive Director, Planning and Design (Zamfara)
4. Abubakar Ibrahim – Executive Director, Finance (Katsina)
5. Muttaka Badaru Jikamshi – Executive Director, Agric Services (Katsina)
6 . Mansur Aminu – Executive Director, Engineering (Zamfara)
President Tinubu expects the appointees to use their wealth of experience to bolster the efficiency of the organisations, in line with the administration’s commitment to bettering the lives of citizens.
Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser (Information & Strategy)
December 18, 2024.
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Jesutega Onokpasa says President Bola Tinubu has failed woefully based on the performance of his administration.
Onokpasa stated this in an interview with Arise Television on Sunday, warning that the president may end up being a one-term president if he did not improve in his performance.
Onokpasa also expressed school why Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, who he referred to as his cousin, defected to the APC.
According to him, the governor’s defection to the ruling party does not add any value to the APC or the state.
The APC chieftain reiterated that the ruling party should not focus on the defection of opposition politicians into its fold but on good governance.
Onokpasa added that the defections of opposition leaders to the APC negate the principles of democracy.
“It is not a question of people defecting to our party. It is a question of are we ruling well? In that sense, we failed woefully.
“President Bola Tinubu has failed woefully to rule well, provide food for Nigerians, and give succour in these hard times.
“Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, who recently defected to our party, is actually my cousin. I don’t have the slightest idea why he defected to our party. He did not inform me. I wish him well,” he said.
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A former National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has cautioned Nigerians against expecting anything good from President Bola Tinubu’s leadership.
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He disclosed this while featuring as a guest on the Sunday edition of Channels TV’s Inside Sources with Laolu Akanda.
Lukman said Tinubu is not the kind of progressive leader he once believed him to be.
He maintained that Tinubu is governing Nigeria differently from how he ruled Lagos State between 1999 and 2007.
According to Lukman: “For you to even expect something very wonderful to happen before May 2027, I will say you are a dreamer, I will wish you luck in your dream, but if it happens, it will be a pleasant surprise.
“For me, I have reached the conclusion that I don’t think anything good is going to come out and which is why we have to start organising.
“I have said so, this country can be fixed in our lifetime, and I pray to God to give us the strength and courage to engage our leaders.”
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2027: Don’t cause problem, let Tinubu do eight years like Buhari – Tompolo to Northerners

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Niger Delta ex-militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo has urged the Northerners to let President Bola Tinubu complete eight years in office just like his predicessor, Muhammadu Buhari, who cames from the North.
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“I am travelling across all the northern states to appeal to them. Buhari spent eight years now. So, we don’t want anybody to cause any problem.
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