President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to confirm Amidu Tadese Raheem as a commissioner in the National Population Commission (NPC).
Gatekeepers News reports that the President’s request was contained in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio in the red legislative chamber on Tuesday.
Tinubu premised his request on section 154(1) of the country’s constitution.
The letter read in part, “Whilst hoping that this request will receive the usual expeditious consideration of the Senate, please accept the Distinguished Senate President, the assurances of my highest consideration.”
Raheem, who hails from Osun state, is a university don and the current Head of the Department of Public Administration at Fountain University, Osogbo, the state capital.
He is a former lawmaker representing Iwo Constituency 1 in the Osun House of Assembly in 1992 and was the chief whip.
Raheem served as the commissioner for water resources and energy under the administration of Gboyega Oyetola, former governor of Osun.
