Tinubu writes Senate to confirm 21 fresh appointees, full list

President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to confirm the appointments of 19 nominees as the National Population Commission (NPC) commissioners.

This was disclosed in a letter from the president read on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, December 12, by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, The Nation reported.

According to the letter, President Tinubu requested the Red Chamber approve three other nominations for Southwest, Northwest and South-South.

New nominees for NPC commissioners

Below is the full list of the 19 NPC commissioner nominees:

1. Emmanuel Eke (Abia)

2. Clifford Zirra (Adamawa)

3. Chidi Ezeoke (Anambra)

4. Blessyn Brume-Ataguba (Delta)

5. Jeremiah Nwankwegu (Ebonyi)

6. Isa Buratai (Borno)

7. Alex Ukam (Cross River)

8. Tony Aiyejina (Edo)

9. Ejike Ezeh (Enugu)\

10. Abubakar Damburam (Gombe)

11. Uba Nnabue (Imo)

12. Dogon Garba (Kaduna)

13. Aminu Tsanyawa (Kano)

14. Yori Afolabi (Kogi)

15. Olakunle Sobukola (Ogun)

16. Temitayo Oluwatuyi (Ondo)

17. Mary Afan (Plateau)

18. Ogiri Henry (Rivers)

19. Saany Sale (Taraba)

Regional commissioners for NPC

The list of the three nominees for regional NPC commissioners: Babajide Fasina (South-West) Enorense Amadasu (South-South) Bashir Indabawa (North-West)

The list of nominees that President Tinubu forwarded to the Senate now includes 21.

The development is the latest of its kind that President Tinubu would make barely a year before he resumed office.

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) was given two weeks to provide a report on the nomination by the Senate, which Senator Godswill Akpabio chaired.