President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate to expeditiously confirm the sack of the chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Babatunde Irukera.
This is contained in a letter by President Bola Tinubu read out by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, during plenary on Tuesday.
President Tinubu also sought the confirmation of Oluwole Andama as the Executive Director of the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund in the Nigerian Midstream, Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority.
The Senate President in turn referred both requests by the President to the Senate Committee of the Whole and Senate Committee on Gas and Downstream
President Tinubu’s request is coming three weeks after he relieved Irukera of his duties as FCCPC chief.
Also sacked on the same day was the Director-General/CEO of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Alexander Okoh
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