President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of no fewer than twenty-one individuals as federal commissioners of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).
The appointees are Mrs. Linda Nkechi Oti (Abia), Mr. Akpan Imo Effiong (Akwa Ibom), Mr. Enefe Ekene (Anambra), Professor Steve Ugba (Benue), Chief Eyonsa (Cross-River), Aruviere Egharhevwe (Delta), Nduka Henry Awuregu (Ebonyi), Mr. Victor Eboigbe (Edo), Honourable Wumi Ogunlola (Ekiti), Honourable Ozo Obumreme Obodougo (Enugu) and Alhaji Kabir Ibrahim Mashi (Katsina).
Others include Honourable Adamu Fanda (Kano), Dr. Kunle Wright (Lagos), Mr. Aliyu Almakura Abdulkadir (Nasarawa), Mr. Bako Shetima (Niger), Mr. Samuel Durojaye (Ogun), Mr. Nathaniel Adejutelegan (Ondo), Honourable Saad Bello Ibrahim (Plateau), Mr. Modu-Aji Juluri (Yobe) Alhaji Bello Rabiu Garba (Zamfara), and Mr. Mohammed Kabeer Usman (Gombe).
According to Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, the appointments are subject to confirmation by the Senate.
“The President expects the new federal commissioners to demonstrate absolute fidelity to the nation in the discharge of their duties,” he added.