Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has written a letter to the Senate, requesting confirmation for the appointment of 19 individuals as Chairman, Managing Director/CEO, and members of the Board of the North-Central Development Commission (NCDC).
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, read the letter during Thursday’s plenary session.
Tinubuwho noted that the appointments require confirmation by the Senate in consultation with the House of Representatives, that the nominations are in line with the provisions of Part I, Section 2(2)(a) of the North-Central Development Commission (Establishment) Act, 2024.
The nominees are: Cosmas Akyhir (Chairman), from Benue State and Tsenyil Yiltsen (Managing Director), from Plateau State.
Others include Dauda Kigbu (Nasarawa), Zakari Jikantoro (Niger), Sulaiman Ali (Kogi), Rev. Bunmi Olusona (Kwara), Dr Umar Mantu (Plateau), and Atotse Abraham (Benue).
Solomon Adodo is nominated from the FCT, while Abdulkadir Usman and Habu Mamman represent the North-West and North-East respectively.
Also nominated are Dr Atinuke Owolabi from the South-West, Racheal Nse from the South-South, and Boniface Izziogu from the South-East.
James Uloko is proposed as Executive Director from Benue, Atika Ajanah as Executive Director, Projects from Kogi, Hajiya Bilgis Sanni as Executive Director from Kwara, Hajiya Aishatu Ibrahim as Executive Director from Nasarawa, and Muhammad Bashar as Executive Director from Niger.
President Tinubu expressed hope that the request would receive the usual expeditious consideration of the Senate, and extended his highest regards to the Senate President.
