Two of Nigeria’s leading journalists, Bayo Onanuga of TheNews Magazine and Yakubu Mohammed of Newswatch, just landed Federal Government appointments as Directors-General.
Their appointments were announced today by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
Below are the portfolios assigned to them as well as four others:
1. Mr. Ishaq Modibo Kawu – Director-General, Nigerian Broadcasting
Commission (NBC
2. Mr. Mansur Liman – Director-General, Federal Radio Corporation of
Nigeria (FRCN)
3. Mr. Yakubu Mohammed – Director-General, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)
4. Dr. Garba Abari, Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA)
5. Mr. Bayo Onanuga – Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
6. Mr. Osita Okechukwu – Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON)
Their appointments are with immediate effect.