Abuja, Nigeria – No dull moment for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as e don drop new appointments like say na hot akara! This time, na Muhammad Babangida, wey be son of former military President Ibrahim Babangida, wey don land the hot seat as Chairman of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA). Dis announcement na fresh biscuit, as e come from Bayo Onanuga, wey be Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.
According to Onanuga, Tinubu no just dey play; dem appoint eight people wey go help run various government agencies. Some go serve as chairmen, while others go be directors-general. Talk about catching cruise while you work, abi? (Nigerians know say if dem no dey mix work with small paddy paddy, wetin dem dey do?).
Muhammad Babangida no be small fish, o! At 53, dis oga don gather serious credentials like fish for market. Him get Bachelor’s degree for Business Administration from European University for Montreux, Switzerland, plus Master’s degree for Public Relations and Business Communication. He even waka follow Harvard Business School Executive Program for Corporate Governance in 2002. Na who no go like person wey sabi book like dis?
But e no stop there. Other appointments wey follow include: Lydia Kalat Musa wey go dey run Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA) from Kaduna; Jamilu Wada Aliyu from Kano, who go take care of National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC); and Hon. Yahuza Ado Inuwa wey go manage Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON).
If dem talk peace, Sanusi Musa, wey be SAN from Kano, go dey chair Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR). Prof. Al-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu from Sokoto go dey handle Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA), while Sanusi Garba Rikiji from Zamfara go run the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN). No forget Mrs. Tomi Somefun from Oyo wey dey manage National Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), and Dr. Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria from Kaduna, wey don become Executive Director of Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC).
All dis appointments fit bring changes wey some people dey hope for, as dem sabi say financial management and agricultural development na key for Nigeria better life. Na so we go dey watch how dis new heads go perform, because no be only talk we need, action dey important too (we no go fit chop mouth only). As dem gather dey go, one eye dey here dey look. E go sweet if e better!
Make we no forget say, dis one na another step from Tinubu for ensuring sey dem get the right pipo wey go fit help fix the country matter wey don dey ground. Abi you dey reason sey na only babe and fabu we go dey see for government? Naija dey need action, make dem deliver!
