The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has approved the appointment a new chairman and members for the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission. Prof. Bolaji Owosanoye is to serve as the new Chairman of the Commission with a renewable tenure of five years.
In a statement issued late Tuesday, Bolaji Adebiyi, Director of Press in the office of the secretary of the government of the federation said the Acting President has also approved other appointments into the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, the Investment and Security Tribunal and Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission.
Prof. Bolaji Owosanoye, was until his appointment the Executive Secretary of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption. Meanwhile the erstwhile Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Mr. Ekpo Nta, was deployed as a full-time Commissioner at the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission.
Others appointed to serve in the ICPC as members are Grace Chinda, Okolo Titus, Obiora Igwedebia, Mrs. Olubukola Balogun, Group Captain Sam Ewang (retd.), Justice Adamu Bello, Hannatu Mohammed, Abdullahi Maikano Said, Dr. Sa’ad Alanamu, Yahaya Umar Dauda,Khamis Ahmed Mailantarki,Maimuna Aliyu and Prof. Musa Usman Abubakar (Secretary).
The appointments into the ICPC are subject to Senate confirmation, noted that while the appointment of the chairman was for five years, the commissioners would serve a tenure of four years each. According to him, Osinbajo retained the Chairman of the NSIWC, Chief Richard Egbule, who was appointed in 2014.
Apart from Nta, other members of the NSIWC are Alhaji Dauda Yahaya, Mr. Garba Musa Gulma, (all full time commissioners; Mrs. Victoria Nnenna Chukwuani, Mr. Geoffery Yeilong, Prof. Ropo Shekoni, and Ahmed Mahmud Gumel-(all part-time Commissioners) He added that the Permanent Secretary, (Establishment) OHCSF, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Productivity, Mr Isa Aremu of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Mr. Chuma Nwankwo of NECA are members.
The Acting President appointed Siaka Idoko as Chairman/CEO of the Investment And Security Tribunal. Other appointees are Jude Udunni, Nosa Osemwengie, Abubakar A. Ahmad-and Albert L. Otesile as full-time members. Others appointees include Emeka Madubuike, Kasumi Garba Kurfi,Edward O. Ajayi, Onyemaechi E. M. Elujekor and Mamman Bukar Zargana as part-time members.
Osibanjo appointed Chidi K. C. Izuwah as the Director General Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission. The acting president also named Okoi Obona-Obla, special assistant to the president on prosecution, as the chairman of the committee to recover public property. Akingbolahan Adeniran was appointed secretary of the committee.
