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 operatives of Rapid Response Squad {RRS} of Lagos State Police Command,yesterday Monday,busted a 6-man syndicate which allegedly specialized in vandalising and stealing light-up Lagos cable wire,street lamps and light poles installed by the Ambode-led administration to illuminate the State.The suspects,Tunde Alaba,29, Saheed Ismail,27,Deji Afolorunso,26, Sunday Obasanmi,27,Jelili Abodunrin,32,and Taofeek Oyedele,28,were apprehended at about 2:30 am,under the bridge at CMS after destroying the streetlights powering the are and its environs.It was gathered that the RRS operatives who were patrolling the area,sighted them in the act of pulling down the street lamps,cables and poles,before mobilising more officers for their eventual arrest and mmovement to RRS Headquarters,Alausa.The suspects,who confessed to the crime during interrogation and revealed that they have been living under the bridge for about 4 years,have been transferred to the Lagos State Environmental Task Force for prosecution.Recall that Governor Ambode gave a recent directive that all patrol officers in the State must keep their eyes on all ongoing and completed State government projects because of increase in vandalisation and theft of armored cables powering the streets lights across the State.
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