Senate confirms 21 commissioners for RMAFC

The Senate has confirmed 21 nominees as federal commissioners for Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).

The confirmation followed the presentation and consideration of the report of the Joint Committee on National Planning and Economic Affairs and Finance for the Confirmation of the Nominations for Appointment as Federal Commissioners of RMAFC).

It could be recalled that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had appointed 21 federal commissioners pending their confirmation by the Senate.

Presenting the report, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi (PDP, Kebhi North) said, “The Senate do receive and consider the report of the joint committee on national planning and economic affairs and finance on the confirmation of the nominations for appointment as federal commissioners in the RMAFC.”

• Tron & Cosmos Price Recovery Finds No Takers — Whales Join BlockDAG Presale Dash to $100M
• Shettima heads for Sweden as Nigerians await Tinubu’s return

Those confirmed by the Senate on Wednesday as federal commissioners are Linda Oti (Abia), Akpan Effiong (Akwa Ibom), Enefe Ekene (Anambra), Prof. Steve Ugba (Benue), Chief Eyonsa (Cross-River), Aruviere Egharhevwe (Delta), Nduka Awuregu (Ebonyi), Victor Eboigbe (Edo), Wumi Ogunlola (Ekiti), Ozo Obodougo (Enugu) and Kabir Mohammed Mashi (Katsina).

Others are Adamu Fanda (Kano), Professor Olusegun Kunle Wright (Lagos), Aliyu Abdulkadir (Nasarawa), Bako Shetima (Niger), Samuel Durojaye (Ogun), Nathaniel Adejutelegan (Ondo), Saad Ibrahim (Plateau), Modu-Aji Juluri (Yobe), Bello Garba (Zamfara) and Mohammed Usman (Gombe).

In his remarks, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, urged the new commissioners to deliver on their mandates in the interest of the country.