President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has named Ayo Hulayat Omidiran as the new Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC).

Omidiran, a former House of Representatives member, follows Dr. Muheeba Dankaka, whose term was fraught with scandal.

In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President also named Mr. Mohammed Musa as the commission’s Secretary and retained Mr. Kayode Oladele of Ogun State as a commissioner.

Those newly appointed to the commission include Obina Oriaku from Abia State; Mrs. Bema Olvadi Madayi from Adamawa State; Obongawan Dora Ebong from Akwa Ibom State; Nnoli Nkechi Gloria from Anambra State; Mr. Babangida Adamu Gwana from Bauchi State; Sir Tonye Okio from Bayelsa State; Mr. Aligba Eugene Tarkende from Benue State; and Modu Mustapha from Borno State.

Others are: Dr. Stella Odey Ekpo from Cross River State; Mr. Ederin Lovette Idisi from Delta State; Nwokpor Vincent Nduka from Ebonyi State; Chief Victor Sabor Edoror from Edo State; Sola Fokanle from Ekiti State; Mr. Peter Eze from Enugu State; Mr. Ibrahim Baba Mairiga from Gombe State; Jerry Alagbaoso from Imo State; Mrs. Ruth Jumai Ango from Kaduna State; Mr. Muhammad Awwal Nayya from Kano State; and Anas Isah from Katsina State.

Also appointed are: Mr. Bello Idris Eneye from Kogi State; Dr. Ibrahim Abdullahi from Kwara State; Alhaji Isah Jibrin from Niger State; Ajimodu Bola from Ondo State; Prince Ayodeji Abas Aleshinloye from Oyo State; Pam Bolman from Plateau State; Mr. Aaron Chukwuemeka from Rivers State; Alhaji Aminu Tambar from Sokoto State; Bobboi Bala Kaigama from Taraba State; Jibir Maigari from Yobe State; Mr. Sani Garba from Zamfara State; and Mr. Solomon Ayuba Dagami from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).