President Bola Tinubu has administered the oath of office to eight permanent secretaries on Monday, February 3
Also, the president inaugurated 21 commissioners for the RMAFC, one each for the FCC and NPC on the same dayThe event was held at the presidential villa before the commencement of the first FEC meeting in 2025
President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated eight new permanent secretaries on Monday, February 3. The president similarly administered the oath of office to 21 commissioners of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).
The inauguration ceremony took place at the presidential villa in Abuja, shortly before the commencement of the first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in 2025.
President Bola Tinubu has swore-in in new commissioners for RMAFC, FCC and NPC
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Tinubu administered the oath of office to the permanent secretaries in two batches of four each. The event was anchored by, Abiodun Oladunjoye, the director of media media to the office pf the president. He read the citation of the new appointees.
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List of new permanent secretaries
Below is the list of the permanent secretaries:
S/NNamesStates1Onwusoro IhemelanduAbia State2Ndiomu PhilipBayelsa State3Anuma NliaEbonyi State4 Ogbodo NnamEnugu State5Kalba UsmanGombe State6Usman AminuKebbi State7Oyekunle NwakusoRivers State8Nadungu GagareKaduna State
Full list of RMAFC Commissioners
Also on Monday, President Tinubu administered the oath of office to the newly appointed 21 federal commissioners of the RMAFC. The Senate in August 2024, approved the nomination of the RMAFC commissioners.
S/NNames State1Linda OtiAbia2Akpan EffiongAkwa Ibom3Enefe EkeneAnambra4Prof. Steve UgbaBenue5Chief EyonsaCross River6Aruviere EgharhevweDelta7Nduka AwureguEbonyi8Victor EboigbeEdo9Wumi OgunlolaEkiti10Ozo ObodougoEnugu11 Kabir MashiKatsina12Adamu FandaKano13Dr. Kunle WrightLagos14Aliyu AbdulkadirNasarawa15Bako ShetimaNiger16Nathaniel AdejuteleganOndo17Saad IbrahimPlateau18Modu-Aji JuluriYobe19Bello GarbaZamfara20 Mohammed UsmanGombe
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Tinubu swore in commissioners for FCC, NPC
This was done alongside the inauguration of the federal commissioner for the Federal Character Commission (FCC) and a member of the National Population Commission (NPC).
Hon. Kayode Oladele, the former chairman of the House of Representative Committee on Financial Crimes, also took the oath of office as the FCC member representing Ogun state, while Olukemi Victoria Iyantan (Ondo) was inaugurated as NPC commissioner.
Amaechi tackles Tinubu’s administration
Henzodaily.ng earlier reported that Rotimi Amaechi, the former minister of transportation and ex-governor of Rivers state, has questioned the preparedness of President Bola Tinubu on the removal of the fuel subsidy, adding that he would have handled it better if he was elected president.
Amaechi said that it was unavoidable for any president not to remove the fuel subsidy but stressed that he would have done it differently. He also emphasised the need for job creation and social housing as alternatives to cushion the effect.
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Amaechi contested for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2022 but lost to President Tinubu. The former minister commented while speaking on the second day of the democracy conference held in Abuja on Tuesday, January 28.
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