SENATE URGES FG TO NAME IBADAN AIRPORT AFTER LATE SENATOR ABIOLA AJIMOBI
As the Senate mourns the demise of late Senator Abiola Ajimobi, it urged the Federal Government to name Ibadan airport after him.
The Senate made this request during the plenary on Tuesday, July 7.
The motion was raised by Senator Abdulfatai Buhari, representing Oyo North Senatorial District, while notifying the senate of the sad demise of the late Senator.
The upper chamber also resolved to send a high powered delegation to commiserate with the deceased family and the good people of Oyo State.
Recall, the Senator, also the former Governor of Oyo State, died on June 25, from Coronavirus complications.
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During the plenary, the Senate President, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, read a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari requesting for the Confirmation of appointment of Professor Umar Dambatta as the Executive Vice Chairman of the Governor board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
Also the Senate President read another letter from President Buhari requesting for the Confirmation of appointment of three nominees as members of the Code of Condut Bureau.
They are Barrister Ben Omiano (Anambra, south-east), Honourable Johnson Agbonayima (Edo, south-south) and Olayinka Babatunde (Ogun, south-west).
“In compliance with section 154 subsection 1 of the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria as amended and pursuant to section 1 subsection 2 and 3 of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) act LFN 2004, I write to seek confirmation of the senate the three nominees for appointment as members of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).
“It is my hope that the senate will consider and confirm the nominees in the usual expeditious manner,” the letter read.
In another letter, President Buhari sought the approval of the confirmation of 11 judges for FCT High Court.
The Judges include Abubakar Useni Musa (Adamawa), Edward Okpe (Benue), B. Abubakar (Borno) M. Francis (Delta) and Jude Nwabueze (Delta).
Others are Josephine Enobi (Edo), Christopher Opeyemi (Ekiti), Mohammed Idris (Kano), Hassan Maryam Aliyu (Kebbi), Fasola Akeem Adebowale (Lagos) and Hamza Muazu (Niger).
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