President Muhammadu Buhari has named Dr Mojisola Yaya-kolade from Ekiti state commissioner for Health as a commissioner nominee of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
Her nomination was announced today as the President forwarded her name to the Senate for approval.
She and the four others are to fill vacancies in the anti corruption agency.
It will be recalled that Dr Kolade was until late last year,the Ekiti state health commissioner who mitigated the spread of Corona virus pandemic in the state in the Fayemi-led administration.
President Buhari also urged the Upper Chamber to confirm another nominee for appointment as a Federal Commissioner of the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).
The President’s requests were contained in two separate letters read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on the floor at plenary.
President Buhari in one of the letters explained that his request for confirmation of his nominees for appointment in ICPC was in accordance with the provision of Section 3(6) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.
The nominees for appointment in ICPC include: Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, Ekiti (South-West); Mrs. Anne Otelafu Odey, Cross River (South-South); Alh. Goni Ali Gujba, Yobe (North-East); Dr. Louis Solomon Mandama, Adamawa (North-East); and Senator Anthony O. Agbo, Ebonyi (South-East).
In a related development, Buhari in a second letter requested the Upper Chamber to confirm the appointment of Engr. Mohammed Sanni Baba as Federal Commissioner for the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, representing Bauchi State.
According to the President, the request to confirm the nominee was made in accordance with the provision of Section 154(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
Source:National Mail
