President Bola Tinubu has appointed Felix Morka, the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the new Board Chairman of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).
The announcement was made on Friday in Abuja by Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.
In a significant move, Tinubu also approved the appointment of 19 APC state chairmen and several National Working Committee members as board chairmen of various federal institutions, spanning agriculture, health, education, and media. Additionally, Hon. Fatuhu Buhari from Katsina State has been named the Director-General of the National Agricultural Seed Council.
Below is the full list of the appointees and their respective institutions:
1. Felix Morka – Board Chairman, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).
2. Muhammad Massan, APC State Chairman, Bauchi State – Board Chairman, Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, Ilorin.
3. Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, APC State Chairman, Kano State – Board Chairman, Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service.
4. Dr. Austian Agada, APC State Chairman, Benue State – Board Chairman, National Agricultural Seed Council.
5. Hon. Macdonald Ebere, APC State Chairman, Imo State – Board Chairman, Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Lagos.
6. Ubong Stephen Ntukekpo, APC State Chairman, Akwa Ibom State – Board Chairman, National Institute for Freshwater Fish, New Bussa.
7. Chief Emma Eneukwu, Deputy Chairman (South) of the APC – Board Chairman, National Automotive Development Council.
8. Aminu Musa Bobi, APC State Chairman, Niger State – Board Chairman, National Library of Nigeria.
9. Pharm. Abass Olayide, APC State Chairman, Oyo State – Board Chairman, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Kaduna.
10. Alhaji Mohammed Gadaka, APC State Chairman, Yobe State – Board Chairman, Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre.
11. Benjamin Omale, APC State Chairman, Benue State – Board Chairman, National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu.
12. Rufus Bature, APC State Chairman, Plateau State – Board Chairman, Nigerian Coal Corporation.
13. Alhaji Abubakar Muhammed Kana, APC State Chairman, Kebbi State – Board Chairman, Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies.
14. Hon. Donatus Nwankpa, APC National Working Committee Member, Abia State – Board Chairman, Project Development Institute (PRODA).
15. Comrade Mustapha Salihu, APC National Vice Chairman (Northeast) – Board Chairman, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
16. Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu, APC State Chairman, Abia State – Board Chairman, National Parks Headquarters.
17. Alhaji Abdulmalik Usman, APC State Chairman, Federal Capital Territory – Board Chairman, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan.
18. Hon. Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi, APC State Chairman, Taraba State – Board Chairman, Environmental Health Registration Council of Nigeria.
19. Sola Elesin, APC State Chairman, Ekiti State – Board Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences.
20. Emperor Jarrett Tenebe, APC State Chairman, Edo State – Board Chairman, Federal College of Agriculture, Akure.
21. Alhaji Tukur Umar Danfulani, APC State Chairman, Zamfara State – Board Chairman, Federal Medical Centre, Azare.
22. Hon. Aminu Sani Gumel, APC State Chairman, Jigawa State – Board Chairman, Federal College of Produce Inspection and Stored Products Technology, Kano.
23. Barr. Idris Shuaibu, APC State Chairman, Adamawa State – Board Chairman, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan.
The appointments further consolidate Tinubu’s strategic positioning of APC loyalists in governance, reinforcing political alignment within federal institutions.
