Jonathan appoints Bamanga Tukur and Ghajji Bello as Chairman Railways and Population Commission

Tuesday, January 21, 2014 6.08PM / Govt. of Nigeria
 

President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed the immediate past National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PD), Bamanga Tukur, as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Railway Corporation.
 

This appointment was announced in a statement by the Special Assistant (Media) to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sam Nwaobasi this afternoon.
 

The position of NRC chairman was formerly held by Kawu Baraje, the former factional chairman of the PDP who has since led his faction to fuse into the All Progressives Congress. Mr. Baraje resigned in the height of the PDP crisis, in late 2013.
 

Mr. Jonathan, according to the statement, has also approved the appointment of Ghaji Ismaila Bello as Director-General of the National Population Commission with effect from January 8, 2014.