BREAKING: Tinubu Announces New Appointment, Makes Clarification on Yahaya Bello Wurno’s New Mandate

FCT, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday, January 24, appointed Ikye Orikpo as the new chairman of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) Teaching Hospital.

In a statement released by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga, Orikpo, from Delta state, joins the new board chairpersons announced earlier on Friday, January 24.

Meanwhile, the presidency clarified that Duro Meseko from Kogi state is the chairman of the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI).

It said:

“What appears to be a duplication has been corrected.”

Also, Sokoto-born Yahaya Bello Wurnon—not Ambassador Wurno—is the chairman of the Sokoto-Rima River Basin Development Authority.

The presidency said:

“The mix-up is regretted.”