Tinubu Appoints New Heads For NECO, NBTE, Federal Polytechnic, Renews Nationwide Library Chief’s Tenure
President Bola Tinubu has made new appointments for the Nationwide Examination Council (NECO), Nationwide Board of Technical Schooling (NBTE), Federal Polytechnic in N’yak Shendam, Plateau State, and Nationwide Library of Nigeria, all establishments below the Federal Ministry of Schooling.
Tinubu, in keeping with an announcement issued by his Adviser on Info and Technique, Bayo Onanuga, appointed Professor Modupe Adeola Adelabu as Chairman of Governing Board of NECO, and retained the present registrar, Professor Ibrahim Dantani Wushishi.
Tinubu additionally appointed Dr. Bongfa Binfa as Rector, Federal Polytechnic, N’yak-Shendam, Plateau State; and renewed the tenure of Professor Chinwe Veronica Anunobi as Director/Chief Govt of the Nationwide Library of Nigeria.
For the chairmanship of NBTE, the president appointed Professor Babatunde Salako.
On April 10, 2026, Tinubu reappointed the incumbent govt secretary, Professr Idris M. Bugaje, for a second and remaining time period of 5 years.
Adelabu, who chairs NECO, is a retired professor of instructional administration who rose by way of the ranks to full professorship on the Obafemi Awolowo College.
She was Deputy Governor of Ekiti State (2013- 2014) and Chairman of NBTE between 2018 and 2021.
Salako, the brand new chair of NBTE, is a globally revered researcher with a long time of expertise in increased training, institutional governance and nationwide coverage management.
He beforehand served as Director-Normal of Nigerian Institute of Medical Analysis (NIMR) from 2016 to 2024, a interval throughout which the institute skilled vital revitalisation, enhanced analysis governance, expanded worldwide collaborations, and improved infrastructure and analysis outputs.
Binfa, from Plateau State, succeeds Dr. Mukaila Zakari Ya’u, the pioneer Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, N’yak-Shendam, whose tenure expired on March 16, 2026.
The president authorised the appointment of Binfa for a single time period of 5 years, following the conclusion of the method for appointing a brand new Rector by way of a public commercial in nationwide dailies in September, 2025.
Binfa holds a Physician of Philosophy (PhD) in Mechanical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
Earlier than this appointment, Binfa was Deputy Rector (Tutorial) on the Federal Polytechnic of Oil and Gasoline, Bonny. He was additionally a Lecturer within the Mechanical Engineering Division on the Federal Polytechnic, Idah.
Tinubu authorised the renewal of the tenure of Anunobi as CEO of the Nationwide Library of Nigeria for a remaining time period of 5 years. She was first appointed on September 2, 2021.
Since assuming workplace, Anunobi had led a number of institutional reforms geared toward repositioning the Nationwide Library as a contemporary technology-driven data establishment, together with the event and operationalisation of the Nationwide Repository of Nigeria, the Newspaper and Journal Locator, the Index and Summary to Nigerian Newspapers, and the Nationwide Digital Library of Nigeria.
She has additionally performed a strategic position in advancing the long-awaited completion of the Nationwide Library Headquarters challenge and in initiating plans emigrate heritage collections from the 34 state branches to the brand new headquarters in Abuja.
The president anticipated that the renewal of her tenure would guarantee continuity within the implementation of ongoing reforms, completion of the Nationwide Library Headquarters challenge, and execution of the 2025-2030 Strategic Plan of the establishment.
Deji Elumoye
Times Nigeria