President Buhari seeks Senate approval of 26 nominees

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, sought the approval of the Senate for the confirmation of 26 new nominees.

The nominees include 23 federal commissioners for the National Population Commission (NPC), 2 non-legal practitioners as members of the Federal Judicial Service Commission and one national commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The requests were contained in three separate letters read on the floor of the Senate by Bukola Saraki. The Senate resumed from its two-week Easter break it embarked on on March 29.

The NPC nominees include Nwanne Nwabuisi (Abia State), Clifford Zirra (Adamawa), Chidi Ezeoke (Anambra), Isa Buratai (Borno), Charles Ogwa (Cross River), Richard Odibo (Delta), Okereke Onuabuchi (Ebonyi), Olusegun Aiyejina (Edo), Ejike Ezeh (Enugu), Abubakar Danburam (Gombe), Uba Nnabue (Imo) and Abdulmalik Durunguwa (Kaduna).

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Other are Sulaiman Lawal (Kano), Jimoh Isah (Kogi), Sa’adu Alanamu (Kwara), Nasir Kwarra (Nasarawa), Aliyu Datti (Niger), Seyi Olusanya (Ogun), Oladiran Iyantan (Ondo), Mudashiru Hussain (Osun), Cecilia Dapoet (Plateau), Ipalibo Harry (Rivers) and Sale Saany (Taraba).

‎The President nominated Festus Okoye as National Commissioner representing South East in INEC and also sought the confirmation of the Senate for the appointment of Abba Ali (Katsina) and Mohammed Sagir (Niger) as members of the Federal Judicial Service Commission.

The development comes as the Senate suspended the consideration of items in the Order Paper in honour of the chairman, Senate committee on Capital Market, Bukar Mustapha, who died last week.
By Ehisuan Odia…

 

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