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NASS Announces Appointments Of Chief Commissioners, Others

Written by Basirat Memudu

Writing by BASHIR MAYERE; Editing by MEMUDU BASIRAT

The leadership of the National Assembly has announced the appointments of Chief Commissioner and Commissioners for the Public Complaint Commission in compliance with section 2(1) of the Commission’s Establishment Act.

This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary, Research and Information, Dr Barde Umoru on behalf of the Clerk to the National Assembly, Alhaji Sani Magaji Tambawal.

The new Chief Commissioner for the Commission is Alhaji Bashir Abubakar (MFR) from Kaduna State, while the Commissioners across the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory were also listed in the statement.

According to the statement, the commissioners are : Mr Ubong Uwah (Akwa – Ibom), Honourable Yusuf Abdullahi Ata (Kano State), Prince Olayisade Akintade Charles (Ekiti), Abatcha Maaji (Borno), Falola Olanrewaju Jimoh (Kwara), Dr Achi Ezeora Christian (Ebonyi) and James Ogaba Oche (Benue State) .

Others are Barrister Edith Okoli (Enugu), Adekunle Alao (Osun), Barde Usman Shehu (Jigawa), Maryam Dalhatu Abdulmalik (Adamawa), Barrister Ronke Binawari (Bayelsa), Dr Owa . E . Owa (Cross River), Mathew Uduaghan (Delta), Bashir .M. Isah (Katsina), Sama’il Salihu Bui (Kebbi), Mirakinyo Akinuye (Ogun), Honourable Nuhu Sabo (Taraba), Hassan Garba Katuzu (Yobe), Sani Akilu Idris (Kaduna), Madukwe E . E. (Abia) and Austin Aigbavboa (Edo State).

Also appointed as Commissioners for the commission are : Bose Mohammed Bashir (Gombe), Oladeinde Abolarin (Kogi), Olataun Rashidat Yusuf (Oyo), Ernest Chima (Rivers) , Baba Ibrahim Mohammed (Bauchi), Mallam Mohammed Galandanci (Sokoto), Muoka Emmanuel Okechukwu (Anambra) Musa Dikko (FCT), Mike Uzodimma (Imo), Odunewu Hafeez Adekunle (Lagos), Honourable Kehinde Adeyemi Oni (Ondo), Abbas Garba (Plateau), Amb Hamidu Ibrahim (Zamfara), Mustapha Saidu Mahmud (Nasarawa) and Abdulrahman Mohammed (Niger State).

The statement adds that the inauguration date for the PCC Chief Commissioner and Commissioners designate would be announced very soon.