~ As Senate adjourns till Sept 26
By Tony Okafor, Awka
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has unveiled the leadership of the Senate Standing Committees, with
Senator Victor Umeh, representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, heading Senate Committee on Diaspora.
Umeh is of the Labour Party ( LP) and a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
The functions of the Umeh committee will amongst other things entail;Mobilizing and executing programmes that will compliment and advise the Senate and by extension the federal Government on major areas of accelerated developments as well as
to initiate policies needed to recognize and harness the potentials of Nigerians in Diaspora networks and organizations.
According the appointments by Akpabio, the immediate past President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, emergef as the Chairman, Committed on Defence while former Chief Whip of the 9th Senate and former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu emerging as Chairman of Committee on Privatisation.
The announcement was made immediately after the Senate resumed from its break at 9.59pm and later concluded its legislative activities and adjourned at 10.47pm.
In the Committees appointments, the former Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari is the Chairman, Committee on Water Resources.
Also, the Senate Minority Leader in the 9th Assembly, Enyinnaya Abaribe was named Chairman, Senate Committee on Power and the immediate past Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal clinched Housing Committee.
Others who emerged as Committee Chairmen include former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, who heads Interior Committee and Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), who is Chairman, Committee on Finance.
Senator Abdulfatai Buhari (APC, Oyo North Chairs Committee on Aviation, Osita Izunaso, Committee on Capital Market, Neda Imasuen (LP, Edo South), Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions while Aminu Tambuwal, Chairs Senate Committee on Housing.
Other Committee Chairmen announced by Akpabio are: Godiya Akwashiki (SDP, Nasarawa), Airforce Committee and Abdulfatai Buhari, who Chairs the Senate Committee on Aviation.
Also announced are: Establishment, headed by Senator Cyril Fasuyi; Ecology/Climate Change, Chaired by Senator Seriake Dickson, representing Bayelsa West on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Jide Ipisagba, who heads Petroleum Downstream.
Other Committee Chairmen announced by Akpabio include: Public Accounts, headed by Senator Aliyu Wadada (SDP, Nasarawa), Special Duties, Chaired by Senator Shehu Kaka and Works, which is headed by Senator Patrick Ndubueze.
Moreover, Senator Solomon Adeola heads Appropriations Committee, Abiru Tokunbo, Banking; Is a Jibril, Customs, Elisha Abbo, Culture and Tourism .
Furthermore, the Committee on Basic
Education is headed by Senator Lawal Usman; Committee on Environment is under Senator Akintunde Yunus while the Committee on the Federal Capital Territory is Chaired by Senator
Ibrahim Bomai.
Similarly, while Akpabio named Senator Sani Abubakar the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign affairs, he announced Senator Banigo Harry as the head of the Health Committee, and Aliyu Wamakko as the Chairman, Local and Foreign Debts Committee.
Also, the former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Daniel Olugbenga is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Barinada Mpigi, heads Committee on Niger Delta, while Senator Mohammed Monguno heads the Senate Committee on Judiciary.
The Committee on Youths and Sports is Chaired by Senator Yemi Adaramodu, who is the current Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs just as the Senator representing the FCT, Ireti Kingigbe, heads the Women Affairs Committee.
Senator Aliyu Bilbis heads Communications Committee, Asuquo Ekpenyong Chairs the Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and Mustapha Sabiu Chairs the Committee on Agriculture.
Others include:
SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
MONDAY OGBERU
SENATE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND BUSINESS
TITUS ZAM
SENATE COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION AND NATIONAL ORIENTATION
EZE EM
COMMITTEE ON SENATE SERVICES
SUNDAY KARIMI
SENATE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECH.
AMINU IYA ABBAS
SENATE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL WELFARE AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION
DAVID JIMKUTA
SENATE COMMITTEE ON NTER PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS
GOJE DANJUMA
SENATE COMMITTEE ON PRIMARY HEALTHCARE DEVT AND DISEASE CONTROL
IBRAHIM LAMIDO
SENATE COMMITTEE ON MEDIA AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
ADARAMODU ADEYEMI
SENATE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE COMPLIANCE
MUSA MADOBI
SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRIC PRODUCTION SERVICES AND RURAL DEVT
MUSTAFA SALIU
SENATE COMMITTEE ON MARINE TRANSPORT
SANI WASIU
SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRIC. COLLEGES AND INSTITUTIONS
ADENIYI
SENATE COMMITTEE ON NASENI
ONYEWUCHI EZENWA
SENATE COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT
BARAU JIBRIN
After announcing the Standing Committees and their leaders, the President of the Senate, adjourned the Chamber from plenary till September 26th for its annual vacation
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* Additional reports from New National Star
