Prof. Ribadu, an expert in veterinary reproduction, had served as vice chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Yola, and the Sule Lamido University, Jigawa State.
The President in a statement through his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said Prof. Salisu Shehu was also appointed as Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC).
Prof Shehu is a renowned academic in Educational and Human Psychology who was instrumental in establishing the School of Continuing Education, Bayero University, Kano, and was the Vice-Chancellor of Al-Istiqamah University, Kano.
Similarly, Tinubu has appointed Yazid Shehu Umar Danfulani as the Executive Secretary of Solid Minerals Development Fund/Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative (SMDF/PAGMI).
Yazid Danfulani holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and a Master’s in Arts and Management from the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.