Those who were appointed, according to a statement from the office of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed are Ishaq Kawu as Director-General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, Mansur Liman as the Director-General, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria and Yakubu Mohammed as Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority.
Others are Dr. Garba Abari as Director-General of the National Orientation Agency, Bayo Onanuga as Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria and Osita Okechukwu as the Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria.
The statement which was issued by the Special Adviser to the Minister of Information and Culture, Segun Adeyemi, said: “the new appointees replace the chief executives of the parastatals, who were disengaged on Feb. 15, 2016. The appointments take immediate effect.” [myad]
