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Saraki announces senate committes’chairs, Murray-Bruce, Melaye, Lawan get nod
 
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Wed, 4 Nov 2015   ||   Nigeria,
 

The Senate President Bukola Saraki has announced the chairmen of the different senate committees for the 8th Senate.

The list read by Saraki during Plenary on Wednesday has Senator Ben Murray Bruce as the chairman of the senate committee on privatisation while Senator George Akume heads the committee on Nigerian Army; Senator Dino Melaye heads the committee on Federal Capital Territory while Senator Ahmed Lawan heads Defence Committee.

Full list of the committees and their chairmen are as follows:

Water Resources: Mohammed Shittu

Women Affairs: Oluremi Tinubu

Poverty Alleviation: Ali Wakil

States and LG: Abdullahi Abubakar Gumel

Trade and Investment: Fatimat Rasaki

Police Affairs: Abu Ibrahim

Power: James Manager

Privatization: Ben Murray-Bruce

Science and Tech: Senator Ajayi Boroffice

Land Transport: Gbenga Ashafa

Marine Transport: Ahmed Sani

Public Procurement: Mohammed Ohiare

Nat’l Identity: Kabiru Marafa

Health: Dr. Lanre Tejuoso

ICT: AbdulFatai Buhari

INEC: Abubakar Kyari

Information and Nat’l Orientation: Eyinnaya Abaribe

Basic and Secondary Education: Aliyu Wammako

FCT: Dino Melaye

Finance: John Enoh

Foreign Affairs: Monsurat Sunmonu

Capital Market: Isiaka Adeleke

Culture and Tourism: Matthew Urhoghide

Customs and Excise: Adamu Aliero

Defence: Ahmed Lawan

Drugs and Narcotics: Joshua Lidani

Agriculture: Abdullahi Adamu

Army: George Akume

Anti Corruption: Chukwuka Utazi

Appropriation: Danjuma Goje

Aviation: Hope Uzodinma

 

 

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