President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reappointed Dr. Muheeba Dankaka as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) for a second five-year term. The announcement was made in a State House press release issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
In addition to Dankaka’s reappointment, President Tinubu also named Mohammed Musa as the new Secretary of the Commission. The President renewed the appointments of several other commissioners, including Kayode Oladele from Ogun State, who previously served as the acting chairman. Oladele, a former member of the House of Representatives, was first appointed to the commission in 2024.
Other commissioners whose appointments were renewed for a second term are Lawal Ya’u Roni (Jigawa), Abubakar Atiku Bunu (Kebbi), and Eludayo Eluyemi (Osun).
New FCC Commissioners Appointed
President Tinubu also appointed 31 new commissioners to the FCC, representing various states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The new appointees are:
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)
Aligba Eugene Tarkende (Benue)
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)
Peter Eze (Enugu)
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)
Comrade Ajimudu Bola (Ondo)
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)
Solomon Ayuba Dagami (FCT)
