The Senate Tuesday received request from President Bola Tinubu for screening and confirmation of chairpersons and other nominees for the South-east Development Commission (SEDC) and North-west Development Commission (NWDC).
The President’s request was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during plenary.
Aisde from the chairpersons, other positions nominated include, executive directors, managing directors/chief executive officers and members of the boards.
For the SEDC, Emeka Nworgu was appointed as Chairman; Stanley Ohajuruka as Executive Director of Finance; Toby Okechukwu Executive Director of Projects; Sylvester Okonkwo as Executive Director of Corporate Services.
Others are, Mark Okoye as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer; Chidi Echeazu and Clifford Ogbede as executive directors.
Members of the board are, Ugochukwu Agballah, Okey Ezenwa, Hyacinth Ikpor, Ifeanyi Agwu, Nasiru Usman, Hamma Ali Kumo, Edward Onoja, Orure Inima, and Joke Adebayo-Chukwuma.
For the NWDC, Lawal Abdullahi was appointed as chairman; Abdullahi Ma’aji, a professor as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.
Members of the board are, Ja’afar Sadeeq and Yahaya Abdulhadi; Yahaya Namahe, Yahaya Abdulhadi, Muhammad Wudil, Shamsu Sule, Nasidi Ali and Aminu Suleiman.
In the letter to the Senate, President Tinubu urged the lawmakers to consider confirmation of the nominees expeditiously.
After reading the letter, the Senate President said the president’s request will be directed to an ad-hoc committee that will soon be constituted by the Senate.
