Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday announced standing committees and their chairpersons in the upper house.
The Senate President announced the committees at the plenary. They are Appropriations, Ethics and Public, Petitions, Establishment, and Public Accounts.
Senator Solomon Adeola will lead the Appropriations Committee, while Senator Ahmed Wadada will chair the Public Accounts Committee.
Below are the committees and their chairpersons
Rules and Business — Titus Zam (chairman), Opeyemi Bamidele (deputy)
Ethics and Public Petitions — Okechukwu Ezea (chairman), Khalid Ibrahim Mustapha (deputy)
Senate Services — Sunday Karimi (chairman), Williams Eteng Jonah (deputy)
Public Accounts — Aliu Wadada Ahmed (chairman), Onyeka Peter (deputy)
Legislative Compliance — Garba Musa Maidoki (chairman), Ede Dafinone (deputy)
National Security and Intelligence — Shehu Buba Umar (chairman), Asuquo Ekpenyong (deputy)
Media — Adeyemi Adaramodu (chairman), Salisu Shuaibu Afolabi (deputy)
Appropriations — Olamilekan Adeola (chairman), Ali Ndume (deputy)
During the plenary, Akpabio also read a letter from President Bola Tinubu, asking the Senate to confirm the recently appointed service chiefs.
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