ADVERTISEMENT
  • The Membership Club
  • PT Hausa
  • About Us
  • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
Monday, March 8, 2021
Premium Times Nigeria
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
Premium Times Nigeria
BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad
ADVERTISEMENT
The Nigerian Senate Plenary [PHOTO CREDIT: @NGRSenate]

The Nigerian Senate [PHOTO CREDIT: @NGRSenate]

Senate confirms Chairman, DG of PenCom,others

The Senate confirmed Oyindasola Oni (Kwara, North-Central) and Aisha Dahir-Umar (Adamawa, North- East) as chairperson and Director-General of Pencom respectively

byAgency Report
October 20, 2020
2 min read

The Senate on Tuesday at plenary confirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominations for appointments as Chairman, Director-General and Commissioners of National Pension Commission(PenCom).

The confirmation followed the presentation and consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters at the Senate Committee of the Whole.

The report was presented by the Vice-Chairman of the Committee, Mpigi Barinada (PDP Rivers).

Presenting the report, Mr Barinaga said the committee screened and found the nominees worthy of the appointments.

He, however, said the committee recommended that the nominee from Katsina should be stood down because she was yet to present her National Youth Service Corps certificate to the committee.

Enyinnaya Abaribe, (PDP Abia), before the confirmation of the nominees made a case for the re-visiting of the screening of the nominees.

He noted that the nominee for the position of Director- General of PenCom should have been picked from the South -East region, following the non completion of the tenure of the former director-general who was from the region.

Senators from North East like Ali Ndume (APC Borno) and Aishatu Dahiru (APC Adamawa), however, argued that it was within the prerogative of the President to appoint people into positions based on existing laws.

Following an affirmative voice vote, the senate confirmed the nominees. They are Oyindasola Oni, Chairman (Kwara, North-Central), Aisha Dahir-Umar, Director-General (Adamawa, North- East) ,Clement Oyedele Akintola as Commissioner (Ondo South -West), Ayim C. Nyerere, Commissioner (Abia, South -East) and Charles Efe Sylvester Emukowhate as Commissioner (Delta South-South).

RelatedNews

FG to establish specialised courts, judicial divisions on GBV – Malami

Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Gambari, PS State House, others receive COVID-19 vaccines

#IWD2021: How Nigerian lawmaker seeks to boost women representation in governance

COVID-19: PTF members to be vaccinated Monday

The nomination of Hanna Musawa, nominee from Katsina (North -West) was stood down by the Senate until she presents her N Y SC certificate.

The Senate also confirmed President Buhari’s nominations for appointments as non-career ambassadors.

The confirmation followed the presentation of a report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and consideration of the same at the Senate Committee of the Whole.

Dangote adbanner 728x90_2 (1)

The report was presented by the committee’s Chairman Bulkachuwa Muhammad (APC Bauchi North).

The two ambassadorial nominees confirmed are Muhammad Haruna Manta (Niger) and Yusuf Yunusa (Yobe).

The Senate also at plenary considered for first reading five bills.

The bills are the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism Establishment Bill, 2020 sponsored by Abdullahi Yayaya Abubakar (APC Kebbi- North ), and the Information Sector Private Employment Agencies Regulation, 2020 by Musa Mohammed (APC Niger -East).

Others are Historical Sites Preservation and Protection Bill, 2020 by Stella Oduah (PDP Anambra North ) and Institute of Charted Power Engineers of Nigeria Establishment Bill, 2020 by Suswam Gabriel (PDP Benue North-East).

(NAN)

ADVERTISEMENT
  • WhatsApp
  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
  • Telegram
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pocket

Support PREMIUM TIMES' journalism of integrity and credibility

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government.

For continued free access to the best investigative journalism in the country we ask you to consider making a modest support to this noble endeavour.

By contributing to PREMIUM TIMES, you are helping to sustain a journalism of relevance and ensuring it remains free and available to all.

Donate


TEXT AD: To advertise here . Call Willie +2347088095401...



JOIN THE CONVERSATION

  • Disqus (0)
premiumtimes



PT Mag Campaign AD

Previous Post

#EndSARS: Police deploy anti-riot squad nationwide

Next Post

#EndSARS: Hoodlums extort motorists on Ilesha-Ife-Ibadan expressway

Agency Report

Agency Report

More News

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter handle of Mr Malami || @MalamiSan]

FG to establish specialised courts, judicial divisions on GBV – Malami

March 8, 2021
Professor Ibrahim Gambari [PHOTO CREDIT: Bashir Ahmad]

Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Gambari, PS State House, others receive COVID-19 vaccines

March 8, 2021
APC Secretariat

APC wins Jigawa Assembly bye-election

March 7, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari have taken the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. [PHOTO: Presidency]

Buhari urges Nigerians to take COVID-19 vaccine

March 6, 2021
herdsmen grazing within the centre

Suspected herders kill farmers in Ekiti

March 6, 2021
Edose Ibadin at the World Championships in Doha Credit Instagram

Olympics: How Nigerian athlete overcame injury, COVID-19 to set ‘national record’

March 6, 2021
Next Post
Kano #EndSARS protesters [PHOTO: TW @Adam_A_Thinker]

#EndSARS: Hoodlums extort motorists on Ilesha-Ife-Ibadan expressway

Tanker Accident

Niger Speaker sympathises with victims of tanker explosion

Discussion about this post

Search

#EndSARS: Latest Updates




Polaris Bank


JAIZ Ad


Access Bank Ad


NITDA Ad





Glo Ad

Subscribe to News via Email

Enter your email address and receive notifications of news by email.

Join 1,630,178 other subscribers.

Advertisement






netherland biz school Advert



Zenith Advert

ADVERTISEMENT

Our Digital Network

  • PT Hausa
  • Election Centre
  • Human Trafficking Investigation
  • Centre for Investigative Journalism
  • National Conference
  • Press Attack Tracker
  • PT Academy
  • Dubawa
  • LeaksNG
  • Campus Reporter

Resources

  • Oil & Gas Facts
  • List of Universities in Nigeria
  • LIST: Federal Unity Colleges in Nigeria
  • NYSC Orientation Camps in Nigeria
  • Nigeria’s Federal/States’ Budgets since 2005
  • Malabu Scandal Thread
  • World Cup 2018
  • Panama Papers Game
  • Our Digital Network
  • About Us
  • Resources
  • Projects
  • Data & Infographics
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • Parliament Watch
    • AGAHRIN
  • Opinion
  • PT Hausa
  • The Membership Club
  • Dubawa
    • Dubawa NG
  • About Us
    • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Digital Store
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

Our website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.