BREAKING: Senate Begins Screening to 3 Tinubu' New Nominees

BREAKING: Senate Begins Screening to 3 Tinubu' New Nominees

  • The Senate has begun the screening process and confirmation of President Bola Tinubu's three nominees
  • Halima Shehu, Ola Olukoyede and Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda are the three nominees President Tinubu forwarded to the Senate
  • The President appointed Ola Olukoyede as the chairman as the substantial chairman of the EFCC

FCT, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu's recent three nominees are currently undergoing screening and confirmation processes at the Senate.

Halima Shehu, who has been appointed by President Tinubu as the National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), is currently on the floor of the Senate, The Nation reported.

President Bola Tinubu/Senate/Godswill Akpabio
Senate begins screening of new Tinubu's appointees Photo Credit: Godswill Akpabio
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List of Tinubu's appointees whose names forwarded to the senate

Other Tinubu's appointees whom the Senate will screen on Wednesday, October 18, are the chairman and Secretary, respectively, of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede and Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda.

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President Tinubu, on Tuesday, October 17, forwarded the names of the nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation.

Olukoyede, a pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, is said to be the first Southerner who would hold the EFCC chairman's position since former President Olusegun Obasanjo's administration established the commission.

State of the new EFCC chairman

Born on October 14, 1969, Olukoyede hailed from Ikere-Ekiti, in Ekiti State, South-West Nigeria.

The EFCC Chairman's designate was a seasoned lawyer with over 22 years of experience in fraud management, compliance management and corporate intelligence.

He had experience in the operation of the EFCC as he had earlier served as secretary of the anti-graft agency and chief of staff to the former chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu.

Olukoyede is a member of the Fraud Advisory Panel of the United Kingdom (UK) and worked under the law firm of former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo before he joined the EFCC.

Source: Legit.ng

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