By Joe Udo
ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – President Bola Tinubu has appointed former House of Representatives member, Ayo Hulayat Omidiran, as the new Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC).
The appointment was announced on Monday in a statement by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, who said Omidiran succeeds Dr Muheeba Dankaka, whose tenure was “dogged by controversy.”
Tinubu also named Mohammed Musa as the Commission’s Secretary, while retaining Kayode Oladele from Ogun State as a commissioner. Oladele, also a former House of Representatives member, was appointed in 2024 and had served as the Commission’s acting chairman.
The President further renewed the appointments of Lawal Ya’u Roni (Jigawa), Abubakar Atiku Bunu (Kebbi), and Eludayo Eluyemi (Osun) for a second term, alongside the reappointment of Abdulwasiu Kayode Bawalla as commissioner from Lagos State.
Other newly appointed commissioners include 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), and Aligba Eugene Tarkende (Benue).
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The list also features Engr. Modu Mustapha (Borno), Dr Stella Odey Ekpo (Cross River), Ederin Lovette Idisi (Delta), Barr. Nwokpor Vincent Nduka (Ebonyi), Hon. Chief Victor Sabor Edoror (Edo), Hon. Sola Fokanle (Ekiti), and Peter Eze (Enugu).
Other appointees are 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), Alh. Isah Jibrin (Niger), and Comrade Ajimudu Bola (Ondo).
The remaining commissioners are 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).
The FCC, established to ensure fairness and equity in the distribution of public sector appointments and resources, plays a key role in promoting national unity by enforcing the federal character principle enshrined in Nigeria’s Constitution.
