President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 20 Federal Commissioners of the National Population Commission (NPC).
A statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity on Wednesday said among those appointed, nine are currently serving as federal commissioners.
The newly appointed federal commissioners are , Emmanuel Trump Eke (Abia), Clifford Zirra (Adamawa), Chidi Christopher Ezeoke (Anambra), Isa Audu Buratai (Borno), Alex Ukam (Cross River), Blessyn Brume-Ataguba (Delta), Jeremiah Ogbonna Nwankwegu (Ebonyi), Tony Aiyejina (Edo), Ejike Ezeh (Enugu), and Abubakar Damburam (Gombe).
Others are Uba Nnabue (Imo), Sa’adatu Dogon Bauchi Garba (Kaduna), Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa (Kano), Yori Afolabi (Kogi), Olakunle Sobukola (Ogun), Temitayo Oluseye Oluwatuyi (Ondo), Mudashiru Hussain (Osun), Mary Ishaya Afan (Plateau), Ogiri Itotenaan Henry (Rivers), and Saany Sale (Taraba).
The president charged the commissioners to “successfully implement all measures taken by his administration to produce and effectively appropriate accurate population data with which lasting solutions to Nigeria’s socio-political and economic challenges can be conclusively developed and executed.” the statement said.