Tinubu Swears In 17 NPC Commissioners

Tinubu Swears In 17 NPC Commissioners
Tinubu Swears In 17 NPC Commissioners

President Bola Tinubu has sworn in 17 federal commissioners of the National Population Commission, which he nominated last November.

The 17 new and returning commissioners took the oath of office – in three batches of six, six, and five – on Wednesday afternoon at the Council Chamber of the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.

Nine of the Commissioners were re-appointed and sworn-in for the second term while 8 others, who are fresh appointment were also sworn-in.

The oath taking process of the commissioners were conducted in three batches of six, six and five.

Recall that the Senate had recently confirmed the nomination and reappointment of the 17 commissioners of the NPC out of 19 nominated by President Tinubu on February 21, 2023, after the adoption of the screening report of the Committee on National Identity Card and Population at the Committee of on Wednesday.

Those sworn are Emmanuel Eke (Abia), Chidi Ezeoke (Anambra), Alex Ukam (Cross River), Blessyn Brume-Maguha (Delta) and Jeremiah Nwankwegu (Ebonyi).

Others include Sa’adatu Garba (Kaduna), Aminu Tsanyawa (Kano), Yori Afolabi (Kogi), Mary Afan (Plateau), and Ogiri Henry (Rivers).
Those returned are Isa Buratai (Borno), Tony Alyejina (Edo), Clifford Zirra (Adamawa), Ejike Ezeh (Enugu), Abubakar Damburam (Gombe), Uba Nnabue (Imo) and Sani Sale (Taraba).
Meanwhile, the FEC meeting presided over by President Tinubu, observed a minute silence in honour of the former Minister of State for Health, Gabriel Aduku, who died at the age of 80.
Aduku was appointed Minister of State for Health during the tenure of late former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua where he played an important role in driving policies that have impacted positively in the health sector of the country.
President Tinubu, who called for a minute silence in his honour, noted that as the Chairman of the Revenue Allocation Committee of the National Constitutional Conference, he birthed the 13 per cent derivation formula which is embedded in the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.

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