Senate confirms 37 FCC nominees despite Abaribe’s objection

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“The Senate needs to review this in the spirit of federal character principles.”

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Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe , had objected to the emerging trend in which Nigerians from the same part of the country would be appointed as Chairman and Secretary of the commission.

“Appointment of Mohammed Bello Tukur from Taraba State in 2017 gave the impression that a new Chairman would be from the South, but nomination of Dr. Muheeba Dankaka from Kwara State as the new chairman, violated the principle. Besides, the Senate received a request to replace Daniel James Kolo, who died on May 19, 2020 with James Jiya Kolo, as Kwara State representative in the FCC.

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