Buhari makes 30 new appointments for Nigeria's revenue allocation agency, RMAFC --- FULL LIST

President Muhammadu Buhari’s office has just sent PREMIUM TIMES the statement below announcing the appointments of new chairperson and commissioners for the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).

RMAFC was established by Decree No.49 of 1989 (now an Act of National Assembly) to handle revenue allocation and fiscal matters on a continuous basis.

However, Decree No.49 of 1989 was later amended by Decree No.99 of 1993 (now RMAFC Act Cap R7 LFN 2004). The Commission was thus re-named Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under Section 153(1) as one of the Fourteen (14) Federal Executive Bodies.

The Federation Account is a common pool from which revenues generated into it are then shared among the three tiers of Government.

The Commission therefore, has the statutory mandate to monitor all accruals into and disbursement of revenue from the Federation Account.

The agencies that collect and remit revenue into the Account include: Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) and Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), etc. This is to ensure that all revenues accruable into the Federation Account are collected, properly accounted for and paid into this Account.

READ FULL STATEMENT ON THE NEW APPOINTMENTS BELOW.

In accordance with the provision of Section 154(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded to the Senate for confirmation, the names of thirty (30) nominees as Chairman and Commissioners of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).

The names were conveyed in a letter signed by the President to the Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, asking for expeditious consideration and confirmation of the appointments.

Below are the names, states of origin and positions of the nominees respectively.

STATE	NAME	POSITION
Ebonyi	Engr. Elias Mbam	Chairman
Abia	Chris Alozie Akomas	Commissioner
Akwa Ibom	Ayang Sunday Okon	Commissioner
Anambra	Chima Philip Okafor	Commissioner
Benue	Samuel Adaa Maagbe	Commissioner
Cross River	Ntufam Eyo Nsa Whiley	Commissioner
Delta	Mr. Andrew Ogheneovo Agbaga	Commissioner
Ebonyi	Commissioner	Barr. Patrick Nworu Mgbebu
Edo	Mr. Victor Eboigbe	Commissioner
Ekiti	Amujo Philip Ajayi	Commissioner
Enugu	Mrs. Maria Chinyere Aniobi	Commissioner
FCT	Hon. Musa Tanko Abari	Commissioner
Gombe	Mohammed Kabeer Usman	Commissioner
Jigawa	Alhaji Ahmed Mahmoud Gumel	Commissioner
Katsina	Alh. Kabir Muhammad Mashi	Commissioner
Kano	Barr. Umar Farouk Abdullahi	Commissioner
Kebbi	Rilwan Hussein Abarshi	Commissioner
Kogi	Hon. Suleiman Kokori Abdul	Commissioner
Kwara	Abdullahi Shuaibu Yaman	Commissioner
Lagos	Dr. Wright Olusegun Adekunle	Commissioner
Nasarawa	Aliyu A. Abdulkadir	Commissioner
Niger	Ibrahim Bako Bagudu Shettima	Commissioner
Ogun	Mr. Fari Adebayo	Commissioner
Ondo	Mr. Tokunbo Ajasin	Commissioner
Plateau	Mr. Alexander Shaiyen	Commissioner
Rivers	Wenah Asondu Temple	Commissioner
Yobe	Alhaji Modu Aji Juluri	Commissioner
Zamfara	Abubakar Sadiq A. Gusau	Commissioner
Bauchi	Prof. Isa B. Mohammed	Commissioner