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You’re No Longer FCC Chairman -Tinubu Tells Dankaka

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Dankaka lost her place, to Ayo Omidiran, a former member of the House of Representatives

Dr Muheeba Dankaka is no longer the Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) as she has been withdrawn from the position.

now been replaced by Ayo Omidiran, a former member of the House of Representatives.

Dankaka lost her place, to Ayo Omidiran, a former member of the House of Representatives, in a reshuffle, ordered by President Bola Tinubu.

The president also appointed Mohammed Musa as the Commission’s secretary while retaining Kayode Oladele from Ogun as commissioner.

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Oladele, a former House of Representatives member, was appointed by President Tinubu in 2024.

The new helmsman had previously served as the commission’s acting chairman following the expiration of Dankaka’s first-term tenure.

The appointments of Lawal Ya’u Roni, Abubakar Atiku Bunu and Eludayo Eluyemi, representing Jigawa, Kebbi and Osun States respectively were renewed for a second term.

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Below is a list of the newly-appointed Commissioners are:

  1. Obina Oriaku, (Abia)
  2. Bema Olvadi Madayi (Adamawa)
  3. Obongawan Dora Ebong (Akwa Ibom)
  4. Nnoli Nkechi Gloria (Anambra),
  5. Babangida Adamu Gwana (Bauchi),
  6. Sir Tonye Okio (Bayelsa),
  7. Aligba Eugene Tarkende (Benue),
  8. Modu Mustapha (Borno),
  9. Stella Odey Ekpo (Cross River),
  10. Ederin Lovette Idisi (Delta),
  11. Nwokpor Vincent Nduka (Ebonyi),
  12. Chief Victor Sabor Edoror (Edo),
  13. Sola Fokanle (Ekiti),
  14. Peter Eze (Enugu),
  15. Ibrahim Baba Mairiga (Gombe),
  16. Jerry Alagbaoso (Imo).
  17. Ruth Jumai Ango (Kaduna)
  18. Muhammad Awwal Nayya (Kano),
  19. Anas Isah (Katsina),
  20. Bello Idris Eneye (Kogi),
  21. Ibrahim Abdullahi (Kwara),
  22. Isah Jibrin (Niger),
  23. Comrade Ajimudu Bola (Ondo),
  24. Prince Ayodeji Abas Aleshinloye (Oyo),
  25. Pam Bolman (Plateau),
  26. Aaron Chukwuemeka (Rivers),
  27. Aminu Tambar (Sokoto),
  28. Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama (Taraba),
  29. Jibir Maigari (Yobe), Sani Garba (Zamfara)
  30. Solomon Ayuba Dagami (FCT).

The Federal Character Commission (FCC) was established by Act No 34 of 1996 to oversee the principle of fairness and equity in the distribution of public posts and socio-economic infrastructures in federal establishments.