President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr Ikye Orikpo from Delta State as the chairman of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital.

This appointment is part of a broader announcement of board chairpersons for federal organisations.

“Orikpo joins the new board chairpersons announced earlier today,” Tinubu said in a statement issued on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

Subsequently, the presidency clarified discrepancies in the earlier list.
“Hon. Duro Meseko from Kogi State is the chairman of the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute. What appears to be a duplication has been corrected.

“Also, Hon. Yahaya Bello Wurno from Sokoto, not Ambassador Wurno, is the chairman of Sokoto-Rima River Basin Development Authority,” the statement read.

The presidency expressed regret for the errors.

Newsmen reports that Tinubu approved the appointments of board chairpersons and Chief Executive Officers for 42 federal organisations.

Among the notable appointees were Abdullahi Ganduje as chairman of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Magnus Abe for the National Agency for the Great Green Wall, and Tokunbo Afikuyomi for the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion.