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From Kenneth Udeh, Abuja
All nominees for the governing boards of the North West Development Commission (NWDC) and the South East Development Commission (SEDC) have been confirmed by the Senate.
The senate confirmed 14 nominees of the North West commission and 18 for the South East commission after the Ad-Hoc Committee on regional development Commissions led by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu submitted a report of its screening exercise.
The senator representing Abia north said the nominees met all the necessary requirements to hold public office during their screening.
The senate confirmed 14 nominees of the North West commission and 18 for the South East commission.
A mild drama however ensued as some Legislators made a move to invoke Order (1b) to step down the confirmation process for further consultations.
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The move was, however, nipped as the Senate voted to dissolve into the Committee of the Whole to consider the report in the course of which all the nominees were approved.
About a month ago, President Bola Tinubu submitted a revised list of nominees for the governing boards of the regional development commissions to the Senate for confirmation.
While Lawal Samai’la Abdullahi was confirmed as chairman of the north-west commission, Abdullahi Shehu Ma’aji was confirmed as its chief executive officer (CEO).
Others are Yahaya Umar Namahe, Aminu Suleiman, Ja’afar Abubakar Sadeeq, Yahaya Aminu Abdullahi, Muhammad Ali Wudil, Shamsu Sule, Nasidi Ali, Chukwu Chijioke, Ahmed Mohammed, Ahmed Rufai Timasantyu, Macdonalds Michael Uyi and Babatunde Dada.
Emeka Nworgu and Mark Okoye were confirmed as the chair and Managing director of the south-east commission.
Other confirmed nominees for the commission are Ugochukwu Agballah, Okey kzenwa, Hyacinth Ikpor, Chidi Echeazu, Ifeanyi Agwu, Nasiru Usman, Hamma Adama, Ali Kumo, Edward David Onoja, Orure Kufre Inima, Daniel Akwari, Joke Adebayo-Chukwuma, Stanley Ohajuruka, Sylvester Okonkwo, Toby Okechukwu, Anthony Agbo and Clifford Ogbede.
