FULL LIST: 18 appointees for FRC, NHRC board - Punch Newspapers
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Abdullahi Saidu as executive chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, along with 17 others as members of the boards of the FRC and the National Human Rights Commission. The approvals came during plenary, after lawmakers considered and adopted reports from the Senate committees on finance and on judiciary, human rights and legal matters. Presenting the report on the FRC nominees, Lere Oyewunmi, deputy chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, said the panel reviewed the nominees’ curricula vitae, educational qualifications and professional experience before recommending them for confirmation. In a separate report, Adeniyi Adegbonmire, chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, presented the panel’s recommendations on nominees to the NHRC governing council. He said the nominations were referred to the committee on April 28, 2026, noting that screening took place on Tuesday.Make PUNCH part of your everyday experience.Add us to your Preferred Sources According to him, the committee went through the nominees’ curricula vitae and supporting documents and was satisfied with their experience, qualifications, competence and exposure to human rights issues. It therefore recommended their confirmation as chairman and members of the council. Italian men cannot resist Edo girls, Oshiomhole recounts ambassador’s remark Senate approves FRC, NHRC board appointees JUST IN: Tinubu transmits convicted offenders transfer bill to Senate The confirmed nominees are: FRC Abdullahi Saidu, Executive Chairman Mohammed Mai-Eka, Member Mohammed Aliyu Makama, Member Suleiman Gidado, Member Louis Ndukwe, Member Amaechi Ugwele, Member Olaniyi Onikola, Member NHRC Governing Council Salamatu Suleiman, Chairman Huwaila Ibrahim, Member Edmund Obiagwu, Member Ogunji Kingsley, Member Oluwakemi Asiawaju-Okenyodo, Member Adedeji Adekunle, Member Ayo Adewuyi, Member Mohammed Adelodun, Member Eze Anaba, Member Maupe Ogun-Yusuf, Member Patience Udoh, Member Adetutu Sobowale Adetutu has three years experience in publishing stories on gender, health, education, metro and fact-checking.
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