President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday
approved the appointment of 17 new chief
executives of various parastatals under the
Federal Ministry of Education.

The new appointees are Abubakar Rasheed
(National Universities Commission); Lilian Salami
(Nigerian Institute For Educational Planning and
Administration); Hameed Boboyi (Universal Basic
Education Board); Lanre Aina (National Library of
Nigeria); Charles Uwakwe (National Examinations
Council); Abba Haladu (National Commission For
Mass Literacy, Adult And Non-Formal Education);
Bashir Usman (Nomadic Education Commission);
and Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe (National Business
and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB).

Others are Sunday Ajiboye (Teachers
Registration Council of Nigeria); Afolabi Aderinto
(Computer Registration Council of Nigeria);
Bappah Aliyu (National Commission For Colleges
of Education); Abdullahi Bichi Baffa (Tertiary
Education Tax Fund); Garba Dahuwa Azare
(National Teachers Institute); and Michael
Afolabi (Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria).

Also appointed are Steven Ejugwu Onah
(National Mathematical Centre, Sheda); Ishaq
Oloyede (Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board); and Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche (National
Institute of Nigerian Languages).

A statement by a deputy director in the ministry,
Benjamim Goong, said the new chief executives
had been invited to meet with the Minister of
Education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday.
Mr. Goong also said four heads of parastatals
under the ministry were retained.

They are; Samaila Junaidu of Nigeria Educational Research
& Development Council; Raaufu Adebisi of
Nigerian French Language Village Badagry;
Mas’ud A. Kazaure of National Board For
Technical Education; and Muhammad Mu’az of
National Arabic Language Village, Maiduguri,
Borno State.

S/No Parastatal Name

1.
Nigeria Educational Research & Development
Council (NERDC)
Prof. Samaila Junaidu
2.
Nigerian French Language Village Badagry,
(NFLV)
Prof. Raauf Adebisi
3.
National Board For Technical Education (NBTE)
Dr. Mas’ud A. Kazaure
4.
National Arabic Language Village, Maiduguri,
Borno State (NALV)
Prof Muhammad Mu’az

S/No Parastatal Name

1.
National Universities Commission (NUC)
Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed
2.
Nigerian Institute For Educational Planning and
Administration (NIEPA)
Prof. Mrs Lilian Salami
3.
Universal Basic Education Board (UBEC)
Dr. Hameed Bobboyi
4.
National Library of Nigeria (NLN)
Prof. Lanre Aina
5.
National Examinations Council (NECO)
Prof. Charles Uwakwe
Prof. Charles Uwakwe
6.
National Commission For Mass Literacy, Adult
And Non-Formal Education (NCMLA&NE)
Prof. Abba Haladu
7.
Nomadic Education Commission (NEC)
Prof. Bashir H. Usman
8.
National Business and Technical Examination
Board (NABTEB)
Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe
9.
Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN)
Prof. Sunday Josiah Ajiboye
10.
Computer Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN)
Afolabi N. Aderinto
11.
National Commission For Colleges of Education
(NCCE)
Prof. Bappah Aliyu
12.
Tertiary Education Tax Fund (TETFund)
Dr. Abdullahi Bichi Baffa
13.
National Teachers Institute (NTI)
Prof. Garba Dahuwa Azare
14.
Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN)
Prof. Michael Afolabi
15.
National Mathematical Centre, Sheda (NMC)
Prof. Steven Ejugwu Onah
16.
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board
(JAMB)
Prof. Ishaq Olarenwaju Oloyode
17.
National Institute of Nigerian Languages NINLAN
Prof. Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche

The four parastatals whose chief executives will
retain their position are:

S/No Parastatal Name

1.
Nigeria Educational Research & Development
Council (NERDC)
Prof. Samaila Junaidu
2.
Nigerian French Language Village Badagry,
(NFLV)
Prof. Raauf Adebisi
3.
National Board For Technical Education (NBTE)
Dr. Mas’ud A. Kazaure
4.
National Arabic Language Village, Maiduguri,
Borno State (NALV)
Prof Muhammad Mu’az.

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