President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday wrote to the Senate to confirm the candidates he has chosen for positions in the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Federal Character Commission and the Federal Civil Service Commission.
The president highlighted that the request for the confirmation of the nominees was in accordance with the provisions of Section 154(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended.
Among the nominees for commissioners with the Federal Civil Service Commission are Madugu Jonah (for Benue, Nasarawa and Plateau) and Frederick Ekwem for Imo and Abia.
The nominees for confirmation as Members of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) are Salamatu Mohammed Bala (Adamawa); Alfred Egba (Bayelsa); Adamu Shettima Yuguda Dibal (Borno); Emmanuel Nwosu (Imo); Oladele Seminu Gboyega (Osun); Bello Abubakar Wamakko (Sokoto); and Ahmed Yusuf (Taraba).
In the list of nominees for the Federal Character Commission are Muheeba Dankaka (Chairman); Henry Ogbulogo (Abia); Salihu Bello (Adamawa); Obonganwan Deborah Daniel Ebony (Akwa-Ibom); Ibeabuchi Uche (Anambra); Mohammed Tijjani (Bauchi); Tonye Okio (Bayelsa); Silas Mfa Macikpah (Benue); Abba Ali Monguno (Borno); Nsor Atamgba (Cross River); Tobias Chukuemeka (Ebonyi); Imuetinyan Festus (Edo); and Ginika Florence Tor (Enugu).
Others are Hamza Mohammed (Gombe); Diogu Uche (Imo); Lawan Ya’u Roni (Jigawa); Hadiza Usman Muazu (Kaduna); Mohammed Awwal Na’iya (Kano); Lawal Garba (Katsina); Abubakar Atiku Bunu (Kebbi); Idris Eneye Bello (Kogi); Daniel James Kolo (Kwara); Are Miftah Bolaji (Lagos); Nasir Isa Kwarra (Nasarawa); Suleiman Barau (Niger); Abiodun Isiaq Akinlade (Ogun); Olufemi Omosanya (Ondo); Adeoye Abdularazaq Olalekan (Osun); Adeniyi Olowofela (Oyo); Stephen Jings (Plateau); Wokocha Augustine (Rivers); Abdullahi Taminu Tafida (Sokoto); Alhaji Armaya’u Dauda Abubakar (Taraba); Jibril Maigari (Yobe); Sani Garba (Zamfara); and Adamu Mohammed Sidi-Ali (Federal Capital Territory).
