The Senate confirms Mark Okoye and Prof. Shehu Ma’aji as CEOs of SEDC and NWDC, alongside 30 other nominees. Read more on NIGPOST.
The Nigerian Senate has confirmed Mark Okoye and Professor Abdullahi Shehu Ma’aji as the Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers of the South East Development Commission (SEDC) and North West Development Commission (NWDC), respectively.
The confirmation followed the presentation of a report by the Ad-Hoc Committee on Regional Development Commissions, led by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Privatization.
Screening and Confirmation Process
President Bola Tinubu had earlier submitted a revised list of nominees for the Governing Boards of the Regional Development Commissions. The nominees underwent a rigorous screening process conducted by the Senate’s Ad-Hoc Committee.
During the session, there was a brief attempt by some Senators to invoke Order (1b) to delay the confirmation for further consultations. However, the motion was defeated, and the Senate proceeded to deliberate as a Committee of the Whole.
All nominees were subsequently approved, including the 14-member board of the NWDC, led by Alhaji Lawal Samai’la Abdullahi as Chairman, and the 18-member board of the SEDC, chaired by Dr. Emeka Nworgu.
Confirmed NWDC Members
1. Lawal Samai’la Abdullahi (Chairman)
2. Prof. Abdullahi Shehu Ma’aji (Managing Director/CEO)
3. Dr. Yahaya Umar Namahe
4. Hon. Aminu Suleiman
5. Ja’afar Abubakar Sadeeq
6. Yahaya Aminu Abdullahi
7. Engr. Muhammad Ali Wudil
8. Shamsu Sule
9. Nasidi Ali
10. Chukwu Chijtoke
11. Ahmed Mohammed
12. Engr. Ahmed Rufai Timasantyu
13. Macdonalds Michael Uyi
14. Hon. Babatunde Dada
Confirmed SEDC Members
1. Dr. Emeka Nworgu (Chairman)
2. Hon. Mark Okoye (Managing Director/CEO)
3. Barr. Ugochukwu H. Agballah
4. Hon. Okey Izenwa
5. Chief Hyacinth Ikpor
6. Chidi Echeazu
7. Barr. Ifeanyi Agwu, Ph.D.
8. Nasiru Usman
9. Hamma Adama Ali Kumo
10. Edward David Onoja
11. Orure Kufre Inima
12. Daniel Akwari
13. Chief (Mrs.) Joke Adebayo-Chukwuma
14. Rt. Hon. Stanley Ohajuruka (E.D. Finance)
15. Chief Sylvester Okonkwo (E.D. Corporate Services)
16. Hon. Toby Okechukwu (E.D. Projects)
17. Sen. Anthony Agbo (E.D. Commercial and Industrial Development)
18. Dr. Clifford Ogbede (E.D. Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Rural Development)
The confirmations mark a step forward in regional development efforts across Nigeria.
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