President Buhari Again Makes Fresh Appointment

President Buhari again has made fresh appointment.

OnyxNews Nigeria reports that President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of Dr. Farouk Aminu as PenCom commissioner has been approved by the senate.

The President nominated Aminu as a commissioner-elect representing the North-West zone of the country in the National Pension Commission (PenCom), this is according to a press release on the website of Pension Nigeria.

According to the disclosure, the appointment of Dr. Farouk was discussed at the Senate plenary session and subsequently forwarded to Committee on the establishment and public service matters for further legislative actions, which is to be reported back in two weeks.

The motion for the confirmation of the nomination of Dr. Farouk for appointment as full-time commissioner was moved by Senator Yahaya Abdullahi.

Senator Abdullahi affirmed that the nomination is in tandem with the provisions of Section 19(3) of the Pension Reforms Act, 2014.

In lieu of this, the request of the president C-in-C was referred to an ad-hoc committee for further hearing and considerations, with the mandate to report back in 14 days time.