Babangida’s appointment was announced on Friday in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy.

Onanuga said the president approved the appointment today, along with seven others.

“Some of them will serve as chairmen or directors-general of Federal agencies,” he said.

According to the statement, Muhammad Babangida, is an alumnus of the European University in Montreux, Switzerland, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in business administration and a Master’s degree in public relations and business communication.

He later attended Harvard Business School’s executive program on corporate governance in 2002.

“Others appointed by the President are Lydia Kalat Musa (Kaduna State) Chairman, Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA); Jamilu Wada Aliyu (Kano State) Chairman, National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC); The Hon. Yahuza Ado Inuwa (Kano State) is the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) chairman,” the statement added.

“Sanusi Musa (SAN, Kano State) is the Chairman of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution(IPCR); Prof. Al-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu (Sokoto State) is the Director-General of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA).”

Other individuals appointed include Sanusi Garba Rikiji as the director-general of the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN); Tomi Somefun as the managing director of the National Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC); and Abdulmumini Aminu-Zaria as the executive director of the Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC).