Thirty - three days after the Senate rejected the nomination of 82-year-old non-career ambassadorial nominee from Imo State, Justice Sylvanus Nsofor (retd), President Muhammadu Buhari has re-submitted his name for screening and subsequent confirmation by the lawmakers.
President Buhari yesterday also forwarded to the Senate five nominees for confirmation as Non-Executive Directors of the Board of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and request for confirmation of Professor James Momoh as chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC.
The nominees, who are to represent five of the six geo-political zones of the country, include Professor Umar Ahmed Jalingo, North-East; Professor Justitia Odinakachukwu Nnabuko, South-East; Professor Mike I. Obadan, South-South; Dr. Abdul Abubakar, North-West; and Adeola Adetunji, South-West.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki yesterday also read a letter from the President forwarding a copy of the draft National Water Resources Bill 2016.
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