Senate confirms Ayo Omidiran as FCC chairman, approves 37 commissioners

By Adesuwa Tsan, Abuja

The Senate has confirmed former House of Representatives member Hon. Ayo Omidiran as executive chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC).

Thirty-seven commissioners representing the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were also confirmed.

The confirmation followed the adoption of the report by the Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, submitted by its chairman, Allwell Heacho Onyesoh, during plenary on Thursday.

Onyesoh informed senators that all nominees passed the committee’s screening, having provided required documents—including CCB clearances, police reports, DSS vetting, and curriculum vitae—with no criminal petitions against them.
The Senate moved into the Committee of the Whole for a state-by-state review of nominees, which was adopted before reverting to plenary.

After the unanimous confirmation, Senate President Godswill Akpabio urged the appointees to justify the confidence reposed in them. “Go and serve in the interest of the nation. I congratulate all the nominees and wish them a successful tenure,” he said.

Among the confirmed commissioners are Peter Ogbonna Eze (Enugu State), AbdulWasiu Kayode Bawa-Allah (Lagos State), with Mohammed Musa retained as Secretary of the Commission.

Others include Obinna Oriaku (Abia), Lawal Ya’u Roni (Jigawa), Abubakar Atiku Bunu (Kebbi), Eludayo Eluyemi (Osun), Bema Olvadi Madayi (Adamawa), Dora Ebong (Akwa Ibom), Nnoli Nkechi Gloria (Anambra), Babangida Adamu Gwana (Bauchi), Sir Tonye Okio (Bayelsa), Aligba Eugene Tarkende (Benue), Engr. Modu Mustapha (Borno), Dr. Stella Odey Ekpo (Cross River), Ederin Lovette Idisi (Delta), Barr. Nwokpor Vincent Nduka (Ebonyi), Hon. Victor Sabor Edoror (Edo), Hon. Sola Fokanle (Ekiti), Ibrahim Baba Mairiga (Gombe), Hon. Jerry Alagbaoso (Imo), Ruth Jumai Ango (Kaduna), Muhammad Awwal Nayya (Kano), Hon. Anas Isah (Katsina), Bello Idris Eneye (Kogi), Dr. Ibrahim Abdullahi (Kwara), Alh. Isah Jibrin (Niger), Comrade Ajimudu Bola (Ondo), Prince Ayodeji Aleshinloye (Oyo), Hon. Pam Bolman (Plateau), Aaron Chukwuemeka (Rivers), Alh. Aminu Tambar (Sokoto), Bobboi Bala Kaigama (Taraba), Hon. Jibir Maigari (Yobe), Sani Garba (Zamfara), Solomon Ayuba Dagami (FCT).