The Senate has confirmed the appointment of 21 federal commissioners for the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).
The new commissioners confirmed are:
1. Linda Oti (Abia)
2. Akpan Effiong (Akwa Ibom)
3. Enefe Ekene (Anambra)
4. Prof. Steve Ugba (Benue)
5. Chief Eyonsa (Cross-River)
6. Aruviere Egharhevwe (Delta)
7. Nduka Awuregu (Ebonyi)
8. Victor Eboigbe (Edo)
9. Wumi Ogunlola (Ekiti)
10. Ozo Obodougo (Enugu)
11. Kabir Mashi (Katsina).
12. Adamu Fanda (Kano)
13. Dr. Kunle Wright (Lagos)
14. Aliyu Abdulkadir (Nasarawa)
15. Bako Shetima (Niger)
16. Samuel Durojaye (Ogun)
17. Nathaniel Adejutelegan (Ondo)
18. Saad Ibrahim (Plateau)
19. Modu-Aji Juluri (Yobe)
20. Bello Garba (Zamfara)
21. Mohammed Usman (Gombe)
The confirmation hearing was consequent upon the presentation of the screening report by Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, representing Kebbi north.
President Bola Tinubu appointed the nominees in August and sought the senate’s confirmation.
Abdullahi, chair of joint committee on national planning and economic affairs and finance, said all the nominees were fit to hold public office.
The former majority leader said that with these appointments, every state in the country was represented on the RMAFC board.
He said: “That the senate do undertake confirmation of the 21 nominees that make up the commission to be of its full complement.
“That means every state now has a representation at the board.”
