By Chesa Chesa
President Bola Tinubu on Monday administered the oath of office on newly appointed members of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), the Federal Character Commission (FCC), and the National Population Commission (NPC).
President Tinubu also swore in eight former directors in the Federal Civil Service as Permanent Secretaries.
Twenty-one members of the RMAFC, along with one new member each for the FCC and the NPC, took their oaths of office at the Council Chamber before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.
The newly appointed permanent secretaries from eight states passed a rigorous selection process, including a written and oral examination and an ICT competency test.
Among the permanent secretaries was Dr. Onwusoro Ihemelandu, an optometrist from Abia State and a World Bank-certified procurement expert, who joined the Federal Civil Service in 1997 as a Senior Optometrist with the Federal Ministry of Health and later transitioned into the procurement cadre.
Before he was appointed Permanent Secretary, Dr. Ihemelandu was the Director of Procurement in several ministries, including Environment, Labour and Employment, and Interior.
Others include Mr. Ndiomu Ebiogeh (Bayelsa); Dr. Anuma Nlia (Ebonyi); Mr. Ogbodo Nnam (Enugu); Dr. Kalba Usman (Gombe); Dr. Salihu Usman (Kebbi); Mrs. Patience Oyekunle (Rivers) and Engr. Napungu Gagare (Kaduna).
The new RMAFC Commissioners are: Nkechi Oti Linda, Abia State; Barr. Imo Efiong Akpan, Akwa Ibom State; Hon. Ekene Enefe, Anambra State; Prof. Steve Davies Ugbah, Benue State; Ntufam Eyo-Nsa Whiley, Cross River State; Aruviere Egharhevwa, Delta State; Henry Nduka Awuregu, Ebonyi State; Victor Otaigbe Eboigbe, Edo State; Hon. Barr. Omowumi Olubunmi Ogunlola, Ekiti State; Hon. Chief Ozo Obumneme Obodougo, Enugu State; and Mohammed Kabeer Usman, Gombe State.
Others are Kabir Muhammad Mashi, Katsina State; Hon. Adamu Abdu Fanda, Kano State; Prof. Olusegun Adekunle Wright, Lagos State; Aliyu Almakura Abdulkadir, Nasarawa State; Ibrahim Bako Shettima, Niger State; Akeem Akintayo Amosun, Ogun State; Dr. Nathaniel Adojutelegan, Ondo State; Hon. Sa’ad Ibrahim Bello, Plateau State; ESV. Madu-Aji Juluri, Yobe State; and Bello Rabiu Garba, Zamfara State.
Mr Kayode Oladele was sworn in as the FCC’s Federal Commissioner, while Pastor (Mrs) Iyantan Olukemi Victoria took the oath as the NPC’s federal commissioner.
