President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of 26 persons into the boards and management of 10 Federal Government’s agencies and commissions, naming former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose the Chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency, REA.

The President also appointed Major General Junaid Bindawa as chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, alongside eight other members and a new secretary for the commission.

According to a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Fayose will head the REA board with Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta serving as members and non-executive directors.

The board will also include the agency’s Director-General, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three executive directors previously appointed.

The board will also include the agency’s Director-General, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three executive directors previously appointed.

For the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, former member of the House of Representatives, Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, was appointed the Secretary of the commission.