President Muhammadu Buhari has
sought the confirmation of the Senate for the appointment of Prof. Habu Galadima
as the substantive Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and
Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, Jos.
The President of the Senate, Dr
Ahmad Lawan read the letter from the President to his colleagues at plenary on
Tuesday.
Buhari said his correspondence
dated July 9, was backed by Section 8 (5) of the NIPSS Act, which empowers him
to forward name of nominees for the office to Senate for confirmation.
He appealed to the lawmakers to
give necessary support that would ensure smooth screening and confirmation of
Galadima.
The President noted that he
attached a copy of the nominee’s curriculum vitae to the letter to further
enable the Senate have more information about him.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that Galadima was born in 1963 at Toto Local Government Area of
Nasarawa State.
The current professor of
Political Science at the University of Jos, Plateau obtained a first degree in
1987, MSC in 1990 and PhD in 2006 from the same university.
NAN further reports that Galadima
who rose to become Head of Department of the Political Science in UNIJOS had
worked as a consultant to ECOWAS, World Bank and UNDP.
In a similar letter read by the
President of the Senate, Buhari also requested the Senate to confirm the
appointment of Mr Uba Maska as Executive Director of the National Communication
Commission (NCC).
The letter quoted Section 8 (1)
of the NCC Act as empowering the President to seek the Senate confirmation.
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