President Tinubu Constitutes Board Members For NCC, USPF
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has constituted the boards of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), both agencies under the supervision of the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, (FMCIDE).
Tinubu approved Mr. Idris Olorunnimbe as Chairman of the Board of NCC, while Dr. Aminu Maida remains the Commission’s Executive Vice-Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO).
President Tinubu appointed Dr. Maida to the position in October 2023, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, who disclosed this development in a statement Tuesday, August 12, 2025, said the new Chairman of the NCC Board also spearheaded impactful youth employment and entrepreneurship programmes in Lagos.
The statement noted other the members of the Commission’s Board are:
Engr. Abraham Oshidami – Executive Commissioner, Technical Services
Rimini Makama – Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management
Maryam Bayi – Former Director of Human Capital & Administration
Abdulwahab Lawal
Lekan Mustafa
Chris Okorie
Oforitsenere Emiko
Secretary of the Board.
Olorunnimbe previously served on the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) Board, where he chaired the Stakeholder and Governance Committee and drove impactful youth employment and entrepreneurship programmes.
The President also approved the Board of the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), with Dr Bosun Tijani, the Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, as Chairman.
Other members are :
Idris Olorunimbe – Vice Chairman
Abraham Oshidami
Rimini Makama
Aliyu Edogi Aliyu – (Rep FMCIDE)
Joseph B Faluyi – (Rep. of Federal Ministry of Finance)
Auwal Mohammed – (Rep. of FMBNP)
Uzoma Dozie
Peter Bankole
Abayomi Anthony Okanlawon
Gafar Oluwasegun Quadri and the
USPF Secretary
The Federal Government established the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) to facilitate the achievement of national policy goals for universal access and service to information and communication technologies (ICTs) in rural, unserved and underserved areas in Nigeria.