The Senate has showed the nominations of Dr Abdullahi Maikano Saidu as government chairman of the Fiscal Accountability Fee (FRC) and 17 others as individuals of the forums of the FRC and the Nationwide Human Rights Fee (NHRC).
The confirmations adopted the respect and adoption of stories introduced via the Senate committees on Finance and Judiciary, Human Rights and Prison Issues all the way through plenary on Wednesday.
Presenting the document at the FRC nominees, Lere Oyewunmi, deputy chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, stated the committee tested the nominees’ curricula vitae, tutorial {qualifications} {and professional} enjoy earlier than recommending them for affirmation.
Oyewunmi, who represented Mohammed Sani Musa, chairman of the committee, stated the screening confirmed that the nominees possessed the needful enjoy and {qualifications} to discharge their obligations.
He stated the committee was once specifically inspired that the chairman and about 4 individuals had letters of attestation from their earlier puts of labor confirming their competence and suitability for the appointments.
Oyewunmi described Saidu as an skilled skilled in earnings management, fiscal oversight and governance reform, including that he had served on the Unbiased Corrupt Practices and Different Similar Offences Fee (ICPC), the place he chaired a delicate committee.
He stated the ICPC had additionally attested to Saidu’s efficiency in a letter submitted to the committee.
Oyewunmi additionally highlighted the enjoy of different nominees, together with Mohammed Aliyu Makama, whom he described as a supervisor within the prison division of the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Corporate (NNPC) who had spent 28 years within the organisation.
He added that Suleiman Gidado was once an affiliate professor, whilst Amaechi Ugwele served as a distinct adviser to the Enugu state executive.
He additionally described Olaniyi Idowu Onikola as a monetary and funding professional who had served two governors in Osun state over 8 years.
Oyewunmi stated the committee had no hesitation in recommending the nominees for affirmation.
Senator Simon Lalong, representing Plateau South, seconded the movement, describing the nominees as respected people whose data instructed they’d carry out neatly of their assignments.
The senate due to this fact dissolved right into a committee of the entire to imagine the document, which was once followed after a voice vote carried out via Barau Jibrin, deputy senate president, who presided over the plenary.
Barau congratulated the nominees and recommended them to discharge their obligations consistent with the mandate of the fee.
In a separate document, Adeniyi Adegbonmire, chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Prison Issues, introduced the committee’s suggestions at the nominees to the governing council of the NHRC.
Adegbonmire stated the Senate had referred the nominations to the committee on April 28, 2026, whilst the screening workout happened on Tuesday, October 27.
He stated the committee tested the nominees’ curricula vitae and supporting paperwork and was once happy with their enjoy, {qualifications}, competence and publicity to human rights problems.
The committee because of this beneficial their affirmation as chairman and individuals of the NHRC governing council.
Senator Ekong Samson, representing Akwa Ibom South, seconded the movement, pronouncing individuals who participated within the screening agreed that the nominees had been have compatibility to adopt the accountability of strengthening human rights coverage in Nigeria.
Samson stated human rights transcended political celebration affiliations and geographical barriers, describing the problem as central to human life.
He counseled President Bola Tinubu for nominating what he described as women and men of substance to serve at the fee.
The NHRC nominees come with Dr Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman as chairman, along Huwaila Muhammad Ibrahim, Edmund Chinonye Obiagwu, Ogunji Chidozie Kingsley, Oluwakemi Asiawaju-Okenyodo, Professor Adedeji Adekunle, Ayo Adewuyi, Mohammed Adelodun, Eze Anaba, Maupe Ogun-Yusuf and Persistence Patrick Udoh as individuals.
The FRC nominees are Saidu as government chairman, along Mohammed Asma’u Mai-Eka, Mohammed Aliyu Makama, Suleiman Gidado, Louis O. Ndukwe, Amaechi Ugwele and Onikola as individuals.
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