President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Felix Morka, the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as Board Chairman of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).
This was contained in a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, on Friday in Abuja.
Additionally, the President appointed Hon. Fatuhu Mohammed Buhari from Katsina State as Director-General of the National Agricultural Seed Council.
Other Key Appointments
President Tinubu also appointed several APC leaders as board chairmen of federal institutions:
Mallam Muhammad Massan (APC Bauchi) – Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, Ilorin
Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas (APC Kano) – Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service
Dr. Austian Agada (APC Benue) – National Agricultural Seed Council
Hon. Macdonald Ebere (APC Imo) – Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Lagos
Ubong Stephen Ntukekpo (APC Akwa Ibom) – National Institute for Freshwater Fish, New Bussa
Chief Emma Eneukwu (APC Deputy Chairman, South) – National Automotive Development Council
Aminu Musa Bobi (APC Niger) – National Library of Nigeria
Pharm. Abass Olayide (APC Oyo) – Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Kaduna
Alhaji Mohammed Gadaka (APC Yobe) – Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre
Benjamin Omale (APC Benue) – National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu
Rufus Bature (APC Plateau) – Nigerian Coal Corporation
Alhaji Abubakar Muhammed Kana (APC Kebbi) – Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies
Hon. Donatus Nwankpa (APC NWC, Abia) – Project Development Institute (PRODA)
Comrade Mustapha Salihu (APC Adamawa) – National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP)
Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu (APC Abia) – National Parks Headquarters
Alhaji Abdulmalik Usman (APC FCT) – Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan
Hon. Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi (APC Taraba) – Environmental Health Registration Council of Nigeria
Sola Elesin (APC Ekiti) – Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences
Emperor Jarrett Tenebe (APC Edo) – Federal College of Agriculture, Akure
Alhaji Tukur Umar Danfulani (APC Zamfara) – Federal Medical Centre, Azare
Hon. Aminu Sani Gumel (APC Jigawa) – Federal College of Produce Inspection and Stored Products Technology, Kano
Barr. Idris Shuaibu (APC Adamawa) – Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan
APC’s Influence in Key Federal Appointments
The appointments further cement the APC’s dominance in federal governance, with several state party chairmen now heading critical agencies.
The move is seen as part of Tinubu’s strategy to consolidate political control while ensuring party loyalty in government institutions.
