{"id":71162,"date":"2025-07-21T16:29:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=71162"},"modified":"2025-07-22T05:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T05:16:34","slug":"babangida-son-accepts-tinubus-appointment-debunk-reports-of-rejection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/21\/babangida-son-accepts-tinubus-appointment-debunk-reports-of-rejection\/","title":{"rendered":"Babangida Accepts Tinubu\u2019s Appointment, Debunk Reports of Rejection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Muhammed Babangida, son of Former head of State, Ibrahim Gbadamosi Babangida has officially accepted his appointment as Chairman of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), expressing deep gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the trust reposed in him.<\/p>\n<p>In a press statement released Monday, Babangida dismissed as false and malicious the reports circulating online suggesting he had rejected the appointment.<\/p>\n<p>He described such claims as a deliberate attempt to mislead the public and tarnish the image of the Tinubu administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to clarify that Muhammed gratefully accepts the appointment as Chairman of the Bank of Agriculture, as announced by the federal government, and extends his sincere appreciation to President Tinubu for the trust and confidence bestowed upon him,\u201d the statement read in part.<\/p>\n<p>It further assured the public that those behind the fake reports would be identified and held accountable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also want to assure the public that those spreading these falsehoods will be thoroughly investigated and brought to justice.<\/p>\n<p>We remain committed to transparency, accountability, and fostering unity within our nation,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The statement concluded with a call for Nigerians to remain discerning and to verify information from credible sources.<\/p>\n<p>Muhammed Babangida\u2019s appointment was among several strategic appointments approved by President Tinubu to strengthen leadership across key government institutions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Idowu Muhammed Babangida, son of Former head of State, Ibrahim Gbadamosi Babangida has officially accepted his appointment as Chairman of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), expressing deep gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the trust reposed in him. In a press statement released Monday, Babangida dismissed as false and malicious the reports circulating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":71168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-71162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71162"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71177,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71162\/revisions\/71177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}