In compliance with section 2(1) of the Public Complaints Commission (PCC) Establishment Act, the leadership of the National Assembly on Saturday announced the appointments of the Chief Commissioner and Commissioners for the Commission.
As contained in a statement signed by the Secretary of Research and Information, Barde Umoru, on behalf of the Clerk to the National Assembly, Alhaji Sani Magaji Tambawal, the new Chief Commissioner for the Commission is Alhaji Bashir Abubakar from Kaduna State.
Commissioners across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, as stated in the announcement, are: Mr. Ubong Uwah (Akwa Ibom), Yusuf Abdullahi Ata (Kano), Prince Olayisade Akintade Charles (Ekiti), Abatcha Maaji (Borno), Falola Olanrewaju Jimoh (Kwara), Dr. Achi Ezeora Christian (Ebonyi), and James Ogaba Oche (Benue).
Others are: Barrister Edith Okoli (Enugu), Adekunle Alao (Osun), Barde Usman Shehu (Jigawa), Maryam Dalhatu Abdulmalik (Adamawa), Barrister Ronke Binawari (Bayelsa), Dr. Owa E. Owa (Cross River), Mathew Uduaghan (Delta), Bashir Isah (Katsina), Sama’il Salihu Bui (Kebbi), Mirakinyo Akinuye (Ogun), Hon. Nuhu Sabo (Taraba), Hassan Garba Katuzu (Yobe), Sani Akilu Idris (Kaduna), Madukwe E. E. (Abia), and Austin Aigbavboa (Edo).
Also appointed as Commissioners for the Commission are: Bose Mohammed Bashir (Gombe), Oladeinde Abolarin (Kogi), Olataun Rashidat Yusuf (Oyo), Ernest Chima (Rivers), Baba Ibrahim Mohammed (Bauchi), Mallam Mohammed Galandanci (Sokoto), Muoka Emmanuel Okechukwu (Anambra), Musa Dikko (FCT), Mike Uzodimma (Imo), Odunewu Hafeez Adekunle (Lagos), Hon. Kehinde Adeyemi Oni (Ondo), Abbas Garba (Plateau), Amb. Hamidu Ibrahim (Zamfara), Mustapha Saidu Mahmud (Nasarawa), and Abdulrahman Mohammed (Niger).
The statement added that the inauguration date for the PCC Chief Commissioner and Commissioners-designate would be announced very soon.