Senate Confirms Nomination of Raheem, Abayomi As NPC Commissioners

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Amidu Raheem and Fasuwa Abayomi as Commissioners for the National Population Commission (NPC).

The approval came after consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on National Identity and Population Commission.

President Tinubu had in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on the floor of the upper legislative chamber last month, asked the Senate to confirm Raheem and Abayomi.

He premised his request on section 154(1) of the country’s Constitution and expressed the hope his request “will receive the usual expeditious consideration of the Senate”.

Raheem, who hails from Osun State, is a university don and the current head of the Department of Public Administration at Fountain University in Osogbo, the state capital.

He is a former lawmaker representing Iwo Constituency 1 in the Osun House of Assembly in 1992 and was the chief whip.

He had also served as the commissioner for water resources and energy under the administration of Gboyega Oyetola, the former governor of Osun.

Hon Fasua Abayomi Johnson, prominently known in the Ogun political circle as FAJ was a former Chairman, House of Assembly on Works.