President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday sought the approval of the Senate to confirm the disengagement of the Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Babatunde Irukera.
This is contrary to an earlier report published by The Eagle Online that the request was for a fresh tenure.
Tinubu had on January 8, 2024 sacked Irukera with immediate effect.
The request for the confirmation of his disengagement was contained in a letter read by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, at the resumption of plenary after four weeks of Christmas and New Year break.
According to President Tinubu, the request is in accordance with the provision of Section 8 sub section 2 of the FCCPC Act, 2018.
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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.
Akpabio referred both requests by the President to the Senate Committee of the Whole and Senate Committee on Gas and Downstream.
