By Or Reporter
On Wednesday, October 16, the Senate confirmed the appointment of twenty-one nominees as federal commissioners for the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).
The confirmation followed a report from the joint Committee on National Planning and Economic Affairs and Finance, presented during plenary.
In August, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu nominated the 21 candidates pending Senate approval. Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, chair of the Senate Committee on National Planning and Economic Affairs, introduced the report, stating that the nominees met all necessary qualifications for public service.
The confirmed nominees include:
Mrs. Linda Oti (Abia)
Mr. Akpan Effiong (Akwa Ibom)
Mr. Enefe Ekene (Anambra)
Prof. Steve Ugbah (Benue)
Mr. Eyo Whiley (Cross River)
Aruviere Egharhevwe (Delta)
Nduka Awuregu (Ebonyi)
Mr. Victor Eboigbe (Edo)
Wumi Ogunlola (Ekiti)
Ozo Obodougo (Enugu)
Mr. Mohammed Usman (Gombe)
Alhaji Kabir Mashi (Katsina)
Adamu Fanda (Kano)
Prof. Olusegun Wright (Lagos)
Aliyu Al-makura Abdulkadir (Nasarawa)
Bako Shetima (Niger)
Mr. Amosun Akintayo (Ogun)
Dr. Nathaniel Adojutelegan (Ondo)
Saad Ibrahim (Plateau)
Mr. Modu Juluri (Yobe)