Bashir Bolarinwa, a former chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, has been appointed as
chairman of the reconstituted Governing Board of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), following the expiration of the tenure of the former board.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment.
According to the him, members of the board represent various interests as stipulated by the NBC Act.
They are Mr Wada Ibrahim, Mr Iheanyichukwu Dike, Mrs Adesola Ndu, Mr Olaniyan Badmus, Mr Bashir Ibrahim, Mr Obiora Ilo, Mr Ahmad Sajo and Mr Bayo Erikitola.
Mohammed, who also hails from Kwara State where the new board chairman is his political ally, explained that a representative each of the Department of State Security (DSS), the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, as well as the director-general of the commission are also members.
The board has a three-year tenure, the minister stated.
