The 69 Standing Committees of the 9th Senate will be inaugurated, Wednesday, September 25, 2019.
Announcement on inauguration of the committees, was made by the Senate President, Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan in plenary Tuesday.
Lawan who made the announcement after about an hour executive session the Senators earlier had before going into full plenary session , said the committees’s inauguration will be done at once in plenary.
He added that at the closed door session, the Senate resolved to await transmission of the 2020-2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework ( MTEF) and 2020 budget proposals from the presidency for expeditious consideration and possible approval .
“The Senate at the closed door session , deliberated on issues bordering on workings of the Senate in particular and National Assembly in general.
“The Senate also resolved to await transmission of the MTEF and 2020 budget proposals from the presidency for expeditious consideration and required approval,” he said.
The Senate President had on the 30th of July, 2019 before the Senate embarked on long recess which ended today , announced composition of the committees by naming their Chairmen and Vice Chairmen.
Composition of Chairmanship of the 69 Standing committees as announced then, shows that while the North West geo political zone has 16 slots, South West has 13, North East 11, North Central 10, South – South 10 and South East nine.
Chairmanship of 16 out of the 23 of the standing committees considered to be juicy, were given to APC Senators while their PDP counterparts got the remaining seven.
The Committees are Appropriation, to be Chaired by Jibrin Barau ( APC Kano North), Agriculture , Abdullahi Adamu ( APC Nasarawa West), Interior , Kashim Shetima ( APC Borno Central), Finance , Olamilekan Adeola ( APC Lagos West) and Communication , Oluremi Tinubu ( APC Lagos Central).
Others are Petroleum (Downstream) Sabo Mohammed (APC Jigawa North West), Marine Transport , Danjuma Goje (APC Gombe Central), Customs, Excise and Tarrif, Francis Alimikhena ( APC Edo North), Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters , Bamidele Opeyemi ( APC Ekiti Central ), Federal Capital Territory, Abubakar Kyari (APC Borno North ) and Health ( Secondary and Tertiary ), Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe (APC Kwara Central).
The seven juicy out of the 20 committees allocated to PDP Senators as Chairmen are Petroleum (Upstream) to be chaired by Senator Albert Bassey Akpan (Akwa Ibom North East), Public Accounts , Mathew Urhoghide (Edo South), Gas Resources, James Manager (Delta South), Power, Steel and Metallurgy, Gabriel Suswam (Benue North East), Aviation, Dino Melaye (Kogi West), Local and Foreign Debts, Clifford Ordia ( Edo Central) and Sports, Youths and Development, Obinna Ogba ( Ebonyi Central).
Other Chairmen of the committees across party lines are Army, Ali Ndume ( APC Borno South), Airforce , Bala Ibn Na’Allah ( APC Kebbi South), Anti-corruption and Financial Crimes, Suleiman Kwari ( APC Kaduna North), Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Uba Sani ( APC Kaduna Central), Capital Market , Ibikunle Amosun ( APC Ogun Central ) and Corporation and Integration in Africa and NEPAD , Chimaroke Nnamani ( PDP Enugu East ).
Others are; Culture and Tourism, Rochas Okorocha ( APC Imo West), Defence , Aliyu Wamakko ( APC Sokoto North), Diaspora and NGOs, Bashiru Ajibola ( APC Osun Central), Drugs and Narcotics , Hezekaiah Dimka ( APC Plateau Central), Ecology Climate Change , Mohammad Gusau ( PDP Zamfara Central), Education (Basic and Secondary) , Ibrahim Geidam ( APC Yobe East), Employment, Labour and Productivity – Ben Umajumogwu ( APC Imo North), Environment, Ike Ekweremadu ( PDP Enugu West) and Establishment and Public Service , Ibrahim Shekarau ( APC Kano Central).
Others are; Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Patrick Akinyelure (PDP Ondo Central), Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs, Danjuma Laah ( PDP Kaduna South ), FERMA , Gershom Bassey ( PDP Cross River South),
Foreign Affairs , Mohammed Bulkachuwa ( APC Bauchi North), Housing , Sam Egwu ( PDP Ebonyi North), ICT and Cybercrime, Yakubu Useni ( APC Kogi Central), INEC , Kabiru Gaya ( APC Kano South), Industries, Adebayo Osinowo ( APC Lagos East), Information and National Communication, Danladi Sankara ( APC Jigawa North East), Interparliamentary Affairs, Godiya Akwashiki ( APC Nasarawa Sourh), Land Transport , Abdulfatai Buhari, ( APC Oyo North), Legislative Compliance , Oriolowo Adeyemi ( APC West), Local Content, Teslim Folarin ( APC Oyo Central),Media and Public Affairs, Adedayo Adeyeye ( APC Ekiti South), National Identity and National Population , Sa’idu Alkali ( APC Gombe North).
Others are; National Planning, Olubunmi Adetunmbi ( APC Ekiti North), National Security and Intelligence , Abdullahi Gobir ( APC Sokoto East), Navy , George Sekibo ( PDP Rivers East), Niger Delta, Peter Nwabaoshi ( PDP Delta North), Police affairs, Dauda Jika ( APC Bauchi Central), Poverty Alleviation and Social Investment Program , Lawal Gumau ( APC Bauchi South ) and Primary Health Care and Communicable Diseases – Chuwkuka Utazi ( PDP Enugu North).
Others are; Privatisation , Theodore Orji ( PDP Abia Central), Public Procurement , Shuaibu Lau ( PDP Taraba North), Rules and business , Sadiq Umar ( APC Kwara North), Science and Technology , Uche Ekwunife ( PDP Anambra Central),
Senate Services , Sani Musa ( APC Niger East), Solid Minerals, Mine, Steel Development and Metallurgy , Tanko Almakura ( APC North),
State and Local Government , Lekan Mustapha,( APC Ogun East), Special duties ,Yusuf A Yusuf ( APC Taraba Central), SDGs – Aisha Dahiru ( APC Adamawa Central), Tertiary Institution and TETFUND , Ahmed Baba Kaita ( APC Katsina North), Trade and Investment , Rose Oko ( PDP Cross River North)
Water Resources – Bello Mandiya ( APC Katsina Central) , Women Affairs and Youth Development, Betty Apiafi ( PDP Rivers South ) and Works , Adamu Aliero (APC Kebbi Central).
