Bashir Bolarinwa, Kwara APC ex-chairman heads NBC board
Minister of information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has gotten President Muhammadu Buhari to compensate his political ally, Bashir Bolarinwa, the former chairman of the Kwara All Progressives Congress.
Buhari has appointed Bolarinwa as chairman of the reconstituted Governing Board of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC).
His appointment follows the expiration of the tenure of the former board.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, Mohammed, said 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.
He said a representative of the State Security Service, a representative of 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.
Bolarinwa, Mohammed are locked in a battle with Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq for the control of Kwara APC.
Bolarinwa, a former council chairman in Lagos, lost the Kwara chairmanship last year.
Despite being re-elected in absentia by Mohammed's faction he was not recognised by the Mai Mala Buni caretaker body.
Kwara APC is now being chaired by Sunday Fagbemi, an ally of Abdulrazaq.
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