ENGINEERS FAROUK AHMED, GBENGA KOMOLAFE RESIGN, PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES SUCCESSORS TO THE SENATE FOR APPROVAL. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.
STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE ENGINEERS FAROUK AHMED, GBENGA KOMOLAFE RESIGN, PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES SUCCESSORS TO THE SENATE FOR APPROVAL President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve the nominations of two new chief executives for the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). The requests followed the resignation of Engineer Farouk Ahmed of the NMDPRA and Gbenga Komolafe of the NUPRC. Both officials were appointed in 2021 by former President Buhari to lead the two regulatory agencies created by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). To fill these positions, President Tinubu has written to the Senate, requesting expedited confirmation of Oritsemeyiwa Amanorisewo Eyesan as CEO of NUPRC and Engineer Saidu Aliyu Mohammed as CEO of NMDPRA. The two nominees are seasoned professionals in the oil and gas industry. Eyesan, a graduate of Economics f...
The months ahead,will definitely be rough for civil and public servants who have corrupt tendencies at both the federal,state and local government levels.This is even as the Inspector General of Police {IGP},Ibrahim Idris,has merged the X-Squad unit with the Complaint Respond Unit {CRU} of the force and em-powered them to search for,and get corrupt civil and public servants arrested.It would be recalled that the IGP during his inaugural speech did not hide his deep hate for corruption.He therefore vowed to put the necessary machineries in place to get both the men and officers of the Force and public/civil servants who are corrupt arrested and ensure they are dealt with in accordance with the law.The merging of the X-Squad and the CRU is the first step in that direction.Speaking in an exclusive interview with the AUTHORITY in Abuja,the Officer in Charge of the CRU,Abayomi Shogunle,an Assistant Commissioner of Police {ACP},disclosed that plans have been concluded for the unit to start hunting for public and civil servants who have the penchant of carting away re-sources meant for the public.''Since the IGP,Ibrahim Idris,has approved that the X-Squad should be part of the responding agents of CRU,then we should be ready to see recoveries of looted funds and apprehension of public and civil servants who abuse their office.Just as we have seen the recovery of 2.75 million naira from an Assistant Commissioner of Police {ACP},such recoveries will not be limited to the Nigeria Police Force alone; it will bee extended to public servants at the federal,state and local government levels,'' he disclosed.
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