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Former Anambra State governor and presidential candidate Peter Obi has disagreed with Atiku Abubakar’s proposal to restore Nigeria’s fuel subsidy if elected president in 2027.

Speaking on Monday at the Nigerian Bar Association conference in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Obi argued that removing the subsidy was necessary but faulted the Federal Government for failing to properly manage the resources generated from its removal.

Atiku, who supported the removal of fuel subsidy during the 2023 presidential election, has since indicated that he would reconsider the policy and restore the subsidy if he wins the 2027 election.

Obi, however, maintained that reversing the policy would not address the underlying problems. According to him, the major failure has been the poor management of the funds saved after the subsidy was removed.

He said the government should have accompanied the policy with measures designed to reduce the hardship faced by Nigerians and should have channelled the resulting savings into productive areas of the economy.

“What we should have done is that when we removed it, we should have given the people alternative usage for the subsidy,” Obi said.

He further alleged that the funds recovered from subsidy removal had not been adequately accounted for, claiming that the resources were being “mismanaged and stolen.”

Obi said he had advocated a more structured approach to subsidy removal before the 2023 election, arguing that the savings should have been deliberately invested in areas capable of improving the lives of Nigerians and strengthening the economy.

“Go to my manifesto, I said it before, I said I will do it in an organised manner and whatever we recover would be invested appropriately,” he said.

President Bola Tinubu announced the removal of petrol subsidy during his inauguration on May 29, 2023. The decision led to a significant increase in petrol prices and intensified concerns over inflation and the rising cost of living.

While the Federal Government has defended the policy as necessary to reduce pressure on public finances and redirect government resources, the implementation of the reform and the management of the resulting savings remain contentious issues.

With the 2027 election approaching, the contrasting positions of Obi and Atiku have added fuel subsidy to the growing debate over how Nigeria should manage its economy, protect vulnerable citizens and use public resources more effectively.

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The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has warned the 31 companies that emerged successful in the 2025 oil and gas licensing round to pay their required signature bonuses within the statutory timeframe or risk losing their provisional awards.

The warning comes one month after the commission conducted the commercial bid conference in Abuja, where the successful bidders were announced for 37 oil and gas blocks.

In a notice issued on Sunday, the NUPRC said the compliance process had commenced following the issuance of provisional award letters to the successful companies.

The commission stated that bidders who failed to meet the payment deadline in accordance with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) would forfeit their bid guarantees and have their provisional awards transferred to the next-ranked reserve bidders.

“Exactly a month ago, the NUPRC hosted the 2025 commercial bid conference in Abuja where 31 companies emerged winners of 37 oil and gas blocks. Having issued the winners with the provisional awards, compliance with the payment of signature bonuses has already begun,” the commission said.

The 37 blocks awarded in the licensing round cover several areas, including the Niger Delta onshore and shallow-water fields, deep offshore assets and frontier basins.

The assets include PPL 2A29 to PPL 2A62 in the Niger Delta, PPL 2010 in the deep offshore, PPL 308 in the Benin Basin, PPL 900 to PPL 903 in the Anambra Basin, PPL 700 in the Chad Basin, and PPL 800 and PPL 801 in the Benue Trough.

The NUPRC also released the names of the 31 successful companies, together with the ranked reserve bidders for each of the 37 blocks.

A total of 143 companies participated in the licensing exercise, submitting about 200 bids for the assets on offer. However, 13 of the 50 blocks originally listed for the round received no bids.

Under the PIA and the applicable licensing guidelines, successful bidders are required to pay signature bonuses ranging from $3 million to $7 million for each awarded block.

In addition to the signature bonus, the companies must provide the required guarantees, pay first-year rents and fulfil other post-award obligations within the prescribed period.

Failure to satisfy these requirements will result in the forfeiture of the affected company's bid guarantee and the revocation of its provisional award. The block will then be offered to the designated reserve bidder.

The NUPRC Chief Executive Officer, Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, had previously urged the successful bidders to complete their payments promptly and move ahead with the development of their awarded assets.

The commission has advised bidders, industry stakeholders and members of the public to consult the 2025 Licensing Round portal for additional information on the awards and compliance requirements.

Under the applicable PIA framework, successful bidders have 90 days from the issuance of their provisional awards to complete the required payments and other conditions.

With the provisional awards issued following the July 21, 2026 commercial bid conference, the 90-day compliance period expires on October 19, 2026.

As of August 23, 2026, 33 days of the 90-day period have elapsed, leaving 57 days for the successful companies to complete their statutory obligations.

Companies that fail to pay their signature bonuses and first-year rents within the deadline risk losing both their bid guarantees and the provisional awards. The affected blocks would subsequently be reassigned to the respective reserve bidders in line with the licensing rules.

The NUPRC's latest notice therefore signals that the successful bidders have entered the final stages of the award process, with compliance now required before the provisional awards can progress toward full development of the assets.

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Vanguard recently published pathetic pictures of the Benin-Sapele-Warri Expressway; and Punch revealed to us what happens to the Lagos-Calabar Expressway, not even 15 per cent completed, each time there is a heavy downpour in the Lekki peninsula.

The road becomes so flooded, it becomes barely usable. Morning shows the day. If Tinubu-Umahi’s legacy road already shows evidence of long-term stress, pity the Nigerians who will ply that road ten years from now.

The Minister was in Lagos State recently, half-begging, half attempting to blackmail Governor Sanwo-Olu to cough up funds to repair the mistakes made by Engineer Umahi and the contractors who hastily embarked on the road without Environmental Impact Assessment. He is building in Lagos and coastal states the sort of rickety roads he left in Ebonyi State. He has the right President for that sort of shoddy business. Right now, parts of the road have been vandalized – even before completion. Fellow Nigerians are not paying attention as they should. Pity.

Vanguard, Punch and Daily Trust have been doing Nigerians a favour by pointing to one of the greatest failures of the Tinubu administration – the maintenance of federal highways under Minister David Umahi – whose major achievement in three years had been attracting attention to himself through a scandal involving homicide. On the whole, Nigerian roads, federal and state, have not been receiving the attention they deserve in the last eleven years; the neglect just got worse.

Experience on Nigerian roads from 1974-2019

“Hit the road, Jack”. Advice from my Sales Manager, in Boston, USA, 1968.
My first full time job was in selling. It was as a salesman for a leading pharmaceutical company, Lederle Laboratories, in 1968, that Mr. Al, for Albert, Abby, came into my life. As my Sales Manager, he monitored my activities and also as my mentor. He drilled into my head the idea that a salesman’s work consists of being on the road as much as possible; in order to meet customers. By the time I arrived in Nigeria, in 1974, to start work as the Marketing Manager of Abbott Laboratories, marketers of SIMILAC baby food, being on the road 70 per cent of the time had become routine. It was new to my sales staff, but proved rewarding for all concerned – company, staff and especially me.

Until August 1974, Ughelli, Delta State, was the farthest distance I ever traveled in Nigeria. I hit the road. By August 1975, I had covered all the 12 State capitals created by General Gowon, at least three times; and the trips had just begun. By 1998, after Abacha had increased the number of states to 36, I was in charge of Circulation in Vanguard; and my annual itinerary called for visiting all the offices at least once a quarter. In fact, I opened new Vanguard Offices in Ado-Ekiti, Yenagoa, Abakaliki, Gombe, Damaturu, Birnin Kebbi and Dutse. From 2001 to 2007, I traveled to all the stations at least three times a year. Over 80 per cent of the trips were by road – even though flight options were available to me. I got to know Nigerian roads as nobody I have ever met knew them. Divorce was threatened by the occupants of the home front. There was no major road constructed, expanded or diverted which I was not familiar with. By 2017, the trips were reduced to about 20 states every year.

Thus, each time a new Minister of Works is appointed, at least until 2019, I know the problems he faces. Shortly after President Jonathan assumed office, I published an article titled Nigeria’s 70 Most Important roads. These are the roads over which 70 to 80 per cent of goods are transported every day. Lagos-Ibadan Expressway remains the first one in all respects. I went further. The biggest map available at the CMS Bookshop was obtained and all the 70 roads were identified for the Minister in charge of roads with the advice: “take care of these roads and Nigerians will never forget you”. I wasted my time and effort; and Nigerians have been paying dearly for it. Since then, two Ministers of Works were appointed; each left Nigerian roads infinitely worse than when he started.


Three years of Umahi, more of the same

“It aint the things you don’t know that cause the problem; it’s things that you think you know that aint so.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882

To the best of my knowledge, no Minister of Works has been appointed in Nigeria, with the exception of late General Mamman Kontagora, who can be said to have had a fairly good knowledge of Nigerian roads by the time he was appointed. Consequently, we have selected so many good men; but, for the wrong task. Many people, including me, would have protested if Fashola was not appointed Minister by Buhari after his sterling performance as Governor of Lagos State. But, he failed dismally as Minister of Works. So, in all fairness to Umahi, many of the roads in terrible condition were inherited from past administrations. That said; it is also a fact that every new appointee is not compelled to accept the offer; and “if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen”. Umahi inherited several death traps; but, like all members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, he also helped to conceal the truth from Nigerians. Now, he is holding the bag; with all the incriminating evidence of poor performance. Umahi should also be excused for the failure to establish priorities. His boss, without consultations, despite all the lies told, had already conceived of a new road – the Lagos-Calabar Expressway – and the preferred contractor was determined, without bidding. The Minister spent his first year defending a decision made without his input. He added his own.

Umahi started out sounding like a “know-it-all”. He is an Engineer; so he knows all there is about road construction. He even dictated that all federal roads, irrespective of terrain, would be paved with cement – without consideration for the impact on the price of cement; which is essential for building construction.

Perhaps, not establishing objective priorities was his biggest blunder. Some Nigerian roads carry most of the heavy loads and require more attention. The Lapai-Bida, the Benin-Sapele and the Asaba-Onitsha roads each carry more loads than all the Federal roads in Taraba, Ebonyi and Kebbi states put together. I could not agree more with Senator Adams Oshiomole who recently carpeted Umahi for lack of priority in his selection of roads receiving his attention. The Okene-Auchi-Benin road carries the largest load of cement heading for Southern States, as well as fuel tankers moving North. Without prioritizing the most important federal roads, we are indirectly slowing down economic development, making products made in Nigeria less competitive and entrenching poverty. In the absence of rail nationwide, roads constitute the life-blood of our nation. They are soaked now with our blood.

By Dele Sobowale

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How many fake agencies can the Tinubu Presidency go after at a time? When I posed this question in my column in early August, I intended it as rhetoric. The fake agencies and their operators apparently took it as a challenge.

On Friday evening, the ICPC Chairman, Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, emerged from his second meeting with the President in 48 hours to announce the discovery of yet another fake agency, grandly named the National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office and promoted by one Prince George Buchi Nwabueze.

Side note: Because of the length of these agency names, I’ll refer to them by their promoters, who happen to be ‘Princes’. Say, Prince Adeyemi’s PFIFC or Prince George’s agency. Okay?

So, I sat there among my colleagues, listening to Aliyu reel out another episode of an ongoing soap opera whose production studio is in the Nigerian civil service. We were arguably the first set of ears to get the gist, a privilege that comes with the burden of sharing it with the rest of the world.

Twenty-four hours earlier, I spotted the ICPC chairman making his way through the corridors leading to the President’s office for the umpteenth time. Aliyu had since become a standard feature at the State House since revelations about Prince Adeyemi’s fake agency, the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, first went public.

Draped in a white agbada, Aliyu sounded fulfilled as he announced another big catch, Prince George. Unlike his counterpart in the PFIFC, Prince George did not settle for a spot in the Federal Secretariat. No! He operated from inside the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. He was also found to operate under at least five variations of his own name, which is fitting. A fake agency deserves a fake agency’s worth of aliases.

The President ordered his immediate arrest and suspended three permanent secretaries: M.S. Danjuma, Nadungu Gagare and Richard Pheelangwah.


If you are keeping count, you would have counted six fake agencies or actors in the past few months. Four! First came Prince Adeyemi’s now-dissolved PFIFC. Then the ICPC’s interim report of August 6 unearthed two more: the FCT Investment Promotion Agency and the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency and Public-Private Partnership.

There is also the Presidential Implementation Committee on the Alienation of Federal Government Properties, a body created in 2000 under Obasanjo to manage the sale and lease of federal landed assets.

Though now dissolved, its erstwhile secretary, B.S. Dutsin-Ma, had continued operating. In early August, the Presidency directed him to cease acting on behalf of the committee and the Federal Government.

Last September, the Presidency distanced itself from Mr Fegho Umunubo, an erstwhile Special Assistant on Digital and Creative Economy in the Vice President’s office, whom it warned was still acting in his old capacity despite being let go.

Now Prince George’s outfit makes six similar instances in under a year. At this rate, the fake agencies and actors may soon require their own coordinating ministry. And who knows if the next ‘Prince’ may be found operating from the Presidential Villa itself?

Lest we think this plague is new, history says otherwise. You see, Nigeria has always had people who understood that in a country where government is everywhere, the most profitable business is to impersonate it. From the 1980s and 1990s, there are tales of fake recruitment syndicates selling appointment letters into the Army, Customs and NNPC from rented offices with convincing letterheads. Some past regimes responded with periodic raids, tribunals and occasional decrees. But the racket always reincarnates.

Over the years, the ICPC and EFCC have busted fake job-racketeering “ministries” in Abuja that interviewed hundreds of applicants and collected “processing fees” for years before anyone really noticed. The sobering reality is that we have always chased the “Princes” one at a time. And there will always be another ‘Prince’ to sit on that throne.


Also, it is not uniquely a Nigerian thing. In California in 2015, authorities uncovered a self-declared “Masonic Fraternal Police Department”, a policing outfit with its own badges, uniforms and a website claiming a 3,000-year history. It was run by three “Princes” until the state of California charged them with impersonating officers.

The difference is not that other countries breed fewer fraudsters than we do. It is that their systems make the fraud quite short-lived because the list of legitimate agencies is knowable by the public, leaving the fake ones to glow in the dark.

Moreover, if government ministries, departments and agencies were fewer than they are now, there would be fewer hiding places for the fakes.

Which brings me, once again, to one document still gathering dust on the President’s desk: the Oronsaye report. Commissioned in 2011 and submitted in 2012, Steve Oronsaye’s committee found 541 federal parastatals, commissions and agencies and recommended pruning them to about 263. It recommended mergers, scrapping, subsuming and anything else that could shrink that number.

To his credit, President Tinubu revived it in February 2024, ordering full implementation. Two and a half years later, however, the rathole of redundant agencies has only widened, and now fake ones are camouflaging among the real ones. Implementing Oronsaye would arguably leave fewer agencies with clearer supervision and a slimmer cost of governance. Again, it is not a silver bullet. Matter of fact, the report is 14 years old; some recommendations would need fresh legislation. But why chase rats one by one when we can fumigate the entire network of holes?

While the ICPC is hunting “Princes”, President Tinubu is assembling his Avengers. According to the APC Presidential Campaign Council list the Presidency released on Saturday morning, Tinubu will sit as chairman; Vice President Kashim Shettima and party chairman Nentawe Yilwatda will co-chair the council. Ex-Zamfara governor Abdulaziz Yari will serve as DG, and Hope Uzodimma, still fresh from surviving the storm that rocked the Progressives Governors’ Forum months ago, will serve as secretary.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker Abbas and Governor Buni will serve as zonal heads; Oshiomhole will head mobilisation, while James Faleke will return to his 2022 role in election planning.


The media directorate already looks like a special-purpose media house of its own. Information Minister Mohammed Idris will coordinate alongside Dr Dele Alake, Bayo Onanuga, Issa-Onilu, Mr Tunde Rahman, Dr Sunday Dare, Daniel Bwala and Felix Morka.

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Following deliberations at the ongoing Nigeria National Conference at the Conference Management Secretariat in Abuja, 20 committees have been constituted to oversee specific issues.

The committees are: Committee On Devolution Of Power, Committee On Political Restructuring And Forms Of Government; Committee On National Security; Committee On Environment;  Committee On Politics And Governance;  Committee On Law, Judiciary, Human Rights And Legal Reform, Committee On Social Sector; Committee On Transportation,  Committee On Science, Technology And Development, Committee On Agriculture, Committee On Civil Society, Labour And Sports, Committee On Public Service, Committee On Political Parties And Electoral Matters, Committee On Foreign Policy And Diaspora Matters, Committee On Immigration And Related Matters Committee On Public Finance And Revenue, Committee On Religion, Committee On Energy, Committee On Economy, Trade And Investment and Committee On Land Tenure And National Boundaries.

 

All the committees have 24 delegates as members except the committee on devolution of power and committee on political restructuring and forms of government which both have 28 members each and committee on religion with 19 members.

 

Below is a full list of the committee composition:

 

1.        COMMITTEE ON DEVOLUTION OF POWER

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

ADEBANJO, Chief Ayo

2.

ADEDEJI, Chief (Barrister) Gbadegesin

3.

ADEFUYE, Senator Anthony

4.

AKINTOLA, Chief Adeniyi SAN

5.

ALI, Dr. Amadu A.

6.

AMINU, Prof. Jibril

7.

ASARA, His Royal Highness Asara A.

8.

ATTAH, (Obong) Victor

9.

BRAITHWAITE, Dr. Tunji PhD

10.

BRIGGS, Annkio

11.

DALHATU, Alhaji Bashir M.

12.

DANBATTA, Magaji

13.

DARAH, Prof. Godini G.

14.

FARUK, Alhaji Usman

15.

GALADIMA, Engr. Abubakar Buba

16.

IKEDIFE, Dr. (Chief) Dozie

17.

MANTU, Sen. Ibrahim Nasiru

18.

MUHAMMAD, Dr. Junaid

19.

NNAMANI, Sen. Ken

20.

NWOSU, Prof. A. B. C.

21.

ONAH, Prof. Mrs. Rose

22.

SANI, Mr. Anthony

23.

SANUSI, Dr Haruna Usman

24.

SARAKI, Sen. Gbemi

25.

TILLEY-GYADO, Sen. Jack

26.

UDOMBANA, Prof. Nsongurua J.

27.

YAKASAI, Malam Tanko

28.

YERIMA, Hon. Dr Haruna

 

 

 

2.        COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL RESTRUCTURING AND FORMS OF GOVERNMENT

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

ANYA, Prof. Anya O.

2.

AROGBOFA, Basorun Seinde

3.

ARUWA, Senator Ahmed Mohammed

4.

AWOLOWO-DOSUMU, Dr. Olatokunbo

5.

BAKARE, Pastor Tunde

6.

BARIGHA-AMANGE, Senator Nimi

7.

DANSADAU,  Senator Sa’idu Mohammed

8.

EGWU, Dr. Sam

9.

ELUE, Chief Benjamin S. C.

10.

ENWO-IGARIWEY, Chief Gary

11.

FALAE, Chief Olu

12.

GARBA, Hon. Binta Masi

13.

HAMMA, Malam  Sule Yahya

14.

KUMALIA, Hon. Mohammed Umara

15.

KUMO,  Senator Sa’idu Umar

16.

KURE, His Excellency Engr. Abdulkadir A.

17.

MOHAMMED, AVM Moukhtar (rtd)

18.

MOHAMMED, Dr. Abubakar Saddique

19.

MOHAMMED, Prof. Isa Baba

20.

NKANGA, Air Cdre Idongesit (rtd)

21.

NWACHUKWU, General Ike (rtd)

22.

OBAIGBENA, Mr. Nduka

23.

ODILI, Dr. Peter

24.

ODUMAKIN, Mr. Yinka

25.

SALAWU, Dr. Phillips O.

26.

TAPGUN, Amb. Fidelis N.

27.

TEMLONG, Gen. Jonathan N. (rtd)

28.

WAZIRI, Adamu Maina

 

 

3.        COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

ADAMS, Chief Gani

2.

ADETUYI, Barr. Samuel CP (rtd)

3.

AKINRINADE, General Alani (rtd)

4.

ALBASU,  Barr. Bashir AIG (rtd.)

5.

DAN-ALI, Brig. Gen. Muhammad Mansur (Rtd)

6.

DODO, Damian SAN

7.

DOMA, Alhaji Aliyu Akwe

8.

EJIGA, Maj-Gen. Geoffrey (rtd)

9.

HORSFALL, Chief Albert K.

10.

IDADA-IKPONMWEN, Brig. Gen. (Barr.) D. O.

11.

JIMETA, Mohammed Gambo Adamu

12.

LEKWOT, Gen. Zamani (rtd)

13.

MOHAMMED, Senator Ahmed Inuwa

14.

MONGUNO, Hajiya Fati (Dogonyaro) Ali

15.

MSHELBWALA, Maj. Gen. Alex (rtd)

16.

NKEMDEME, Chief (Barr.) Nicholas Daru

17.

NYIAM, Col. Tony (rtd)

18.

OBADA, Her Excellency Erelu Olusola Agbeja

19.

OHADOMERE, Gp Cpt Canice (rtd)

20.

OKWUONU, High Chief Jerome

21.

OMU, Gen. Paul (rtd)

22.

ORJI, Group Capt. Joe (rtd)

23.

USENI, Lt. Gen. Jeremiah T. (rtd)

24.

YUSUF,  Senator Bello Maitama

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.        COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

ACHIMUGU, Elder Barr. John A.

2.

BASSEY, Rev. Nnimmo

3.

ELUEMUNOH, Elder (Dr) Chris Oseloka

4.

ENEYO, Chief (Dr.) Silas

5.

GBADEBO, Yinka

6.

GONI, Alhaji Mohammed

7.

IYAJI, Alhaji Sule

8.

KYARI, Mr. Bukar

9.

MADUGU, Alhaji Ali S.

10.

MAMMAN, Mr. John

11.

MANDARA, Yadoma Bukar

12.

METEE, Mr. Ledum

13.

MIMIKO, Prof. N. Oluwafemi

14.

NJEMANZE, Prince Bob Kay

15.

NWAJIUBA, Prof. Chinedu

16.

OCHEFU,  Prof. Yakubu A.

17.

OKOYE, Festus

18.

SALAKO, Sunday Olusoji

19.

SAMUEL, Prof. Tunde

20.

SHUNI, Sen. Ladan

21.

WAI-OGOSU,  Engr. Olu Andah

22.

WAZIRI, Hajiya Mariya

23.

YARO, His Royal Highness Ibrahim, Esu Bwari

24.

ZANDAM, Alhaji Umaru Musa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.        COMMITTEE ON POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

ABARI, Dr. Garba

2.

ABDULLAHI, Amb. Yerima

3.

ABDULRAZAQ-GWADABE, Senator Khairat

4.

ADAMU, Amb. Hassan

5.

AHAMBA, Chief Mike SAN

6.

AINA, Prof. (Mrs.) Olabisi I.

7.

AJAYI, Sir Olaniwun

8.

AKINGBA, Dr. Amos

9.

DARENG, Elder Bulus

10.

EGWU, Prof. Samuel

11.

EKPU, Ray

12.

GANA, Prof. Jerry

13.

IDA, Senator Ibrahim M.

14.

ITA-GIWA, Senator Florence

15.

MUAZU, Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu

16.

MUHAMMAD, Dr. Bello Halliru

17.

NA’ABBA, Hon. Ghali Umar

18.

NWANYANWU, Chief (Barr.) Dan

19.

NWUCHE, Hon. Prince Chibudom

20.

OKON, Senator Anietie

21.

OKUNROUNMU, Senator Femi

22.

UGOCHUKWU, Chief Onyema

23.

WABARA, Senator Adolphus

24.

YUSUF, Malam Kabiru Abdullahi

 

 

6.        COMMITTEE ON LAW, JUDICIARY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LEGAL REFORM

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

AGBAKOBA, Dr. Olisa SAN

2.

AKERE, Justice Peter (rtd)

3.

ALIYU, Justice Adamu (rtd)

4.

ASKIRAMA III, HRH Alh. Abdullahi Ibn Muhammad

5.

BA’ABA, Hon. Justice Baba Alkali

6.

BUCKNOR-AKERELE, Senator Kofoworola

7.

DURA, Dr. Magdalyne Mbadzendan

8.

EDOSOMWAN, Mr. Charles SAN

9.

FALANA, Femi

10.

GUMMI, HRH Justice Lawal Hassan

11.

GYE-WADO, Prof. Onje

12.

MUSA, Hajja Bintu Ibrahim

13.

MUSTAPHA, Hon. Justice Abdullahi(rtd)

14.

NWEME, Barr. Igberi

15.

OGUNTADE, Hon. Justice G. A.

16.

OJO, Chief Bayo SAN

17.

OSUN, Hon. Olawale

18.

OZEKHOME, Chief Mike SAN

19.

SHEKARAU, Ms. Hauwa Evelyn

20.

TABAI, Hon. Justice F. F.

21.

UMAR, Barr. Zubair Muhammad

22.

UMEH, Hon. Justice Veronica Ngozi

23.

UWAZURIKE, Chief Goddy

24.

YADUDU, Prof. Auwalu

 

 

 

 

7.        COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SECTOR

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

ABDULLAHI, Prof. Gambo Laraba

2.

ADAMU, Dr. Fati Lami

3.

AJANI, Comrade Olawale James

4.

AKUNYILI, Prof. Dora

5.

ANENIH, Iyom Josephine

6.

BUNU, Arc. Ibrahim

7.

ENABULELE,  Dr. Osahon

8.

ERIOBUNA, Senator Nnamdi

9.

ESELE, Comrade Peter

10.

GABRIEL, Prof. (Mrs.) Amakievi

11.

GASKIA, Jaye

12.

IBRAHIM, Dr. Fati Eunice

13.

ISMA’IL, Hajiya Aisha M. S.

14.

JANKADA, Hon. Dr. Salome Audu

15.

MADAWAKI, Prof. Aisha I.

16.

MAHMUD-FASOMINU, Dr. (Mrs.) Olayemi

17.

OGBU, His Excellency Prof. Chigozie

18.

OKPOYO, Her Excellency (Mrs) Atim Etim

19.

OLAGBEGI,  Chief (Mrs.) Bisi Olateru

20.

OLAJIDE, Dr. Kunle

21.

OTHMAN, Alhaji Muhammed

22.

SAMO, Mr. Bah Abubakar

23.

SHOWN, Prof. Dakum

24.

ZAGBAYI, Dr. Shem Nuhu

 

 

 

 

8.        COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

ABUBAKAR, Yusuf Hamisu

2.

ADEDE, Senator Musa

3.

ADEWUSI, Barr. Promise Adebunmi Kanayo

4.

AGBONWANEGBE, Barr. Chris

5.

AKPAN, Brenda

6.

ANOLIEFO, Hon. (Chief) Obi

7.

BARKINDO, Mallam Hamman Bello

8.

BULAMA, Dr. Abdu

9.

EBINUM, Barr. J. I.

10.

IBRAHIM, Mrs Patience Hadiza

11.

ISIWELE,  Alhaji Musa Shehu

12.

LOHOR, Chief (Mrs) Hannatu

13.

MGBADA, Dr. Clement

14.

NAHAYA, Asabe Baba

15.

NWAGWU,  Ezenwa

16.

OBUR, Clifford

17.

OLASANOYE, Oyinkan

18.

OLUKOYA, Michael

19.

OSANAIYE, AIG Ralph Ola (rtd)

20.

SANNI, Mrs Felicia

21.

SEKONI, Hon. Sheik Mudathir

22.

UGOEZE, Millicent Okonkwo

23.

UKO, Prof. John

24.

VIKO, Mrs Lydia J.

 

 

9.        COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

ABAYORI, Dr. Femi

2.

ADEGOKE, Hon. Salvador Moshood

3.

DOKPESI, High Chief (Dr.) Aleogho Raymond

4.

ELEH, Mr. Emeka D.

5.

GEORGE, Chief Olabode

6.

GONDA, Engr. (Mrs.) Esther

7.

HART, Hon. Dandeson

8.

IGHURE, Isaac

9.

IVOWI, Prof. U. M. O.

10.

IZUOGU, Engr. Dr. Ezekiel

11.

KUKU, Chief (Mrs.) Remi

12.

MADAWAKI, Prof. Aisha

13.

MADDO, Dr. Daniel G.

14.

MADUKA, Engr. Vincent I.

15.

MUSA, Aliyu Abdulhakeem

16.

NWOSU-IHEME, Chief Uzoma

17.

OBASI, Comrade Chinonso

18.

OGUNDIPE, Mr. Lanre

19.

OKEY, Ntufam (Dr) Josephat Itafu

20.

OKOH, Hon. Sylvester Oziegbe

21.

OKWOLI, Prof. Ambrose

22.

TENUCHE, Prof. (Mrs.) Marietu

23.

TOMORI, Prof. Oyewale

24.

YUSHA’U, Dr. Balarabe

 

 10.      COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

ABDULSALAM, Comrade Abdulkadir

2.

ABIYE, Mrs. Sheila Tamuno

3.

ABONGABY, Barr. Chris Danjuma

4.

AJAYI, Chief (Mrs.) Temitope

5.

ANISULOWO, Senator Iyabo

6.

ANKA, Hassan Salihu

7.

BABAJO, Hajia Nafisatu

8.

ESU, Prof. Ivara Ejemot

9.

HADEJIA, Umaru Muhammad

10.

IBRAHIM-IMAM, Kashim

11.

IDIGBE, Mrs. Ifeoma

12.

IKEGWUONU, Nnaemeka

13.

ILIASU, Hajiya Mariyatu

14.

JUNJU, Barr. Nasiru Ibrahim

15.

LAWAL, Dr. Mohammed Hassan

16.

LOMBIN, Prof. Ganyir Gabriel

17.

NWALI, Senator (Dr.) Offia

18.

NWUZOR, Dr. (Mrs.) Adaeze

19.

OTI, Prof. (Mrs.) Nnenna N.

20.

RAJI, Prof. AbdulGaniy Olayinka

21.

TSAMDU, Hon. Emmanuel

22.

TSUMBA, Rt. Hon. Terseer

23.

UMORU, Mosunmola

24.

USMAN, Hajiya Altine

 

 

 

 

11.      COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SOCIETY, LABOUR AND SPORTS

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

AKANDE, Kazeem

2.

ALIYU, Zainab Argungu

3.

AREMU, Issa

4.

ASSANI, Comrade (Mrs.) Dinatu Asibi

5.

BASI, Mr. Paul

6.

DANGA, Mr. Iliya I.

7.

DUKE, Rt. Hon. Orok Out

8.

DUNTOYE, Comrade Ben

9.

EZIKE,  Ebuchukwu

10.

GIWA, Kyauta

11.

IBRAHIM, Dr. (Mrs.) Hannatu Ladi

12.

NWABUEZE, Comrade Henry

13.

OFFIONG, Comrade Lucy A.

14.

OGUNRINADE, Mrs. Bola

15.

OKEI-ODUMAKIN, Dr. Joe

16.

OKUNNIYI, Veteran Olawale

17.

OLADELE, Dr. Rotimi

18.

OMAR, Abdulwahed Ibrahim

19.

OPARA, Engr. Bede

20.

OZO-ESON, Dr. Peter

21.

RAFSANJANI, Auwal Musa

22.

SHU’AIBU, Kiri Mohammed

23.

UMOH, Ms. Ekaete Judith

24.

YA’U, Y. Z.

 

 

 

12.      COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICE

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

ABDUSSALAM, Rt. Hon. Taofiq Olawale

2.

AGBARU, Chief Sampson

3.

AGUBUZU, HRH Igwe (Amb) L. O. C.

4.

AJIYA, Rt. Hon. Habu Isa

5.

AKANMODE, Chief Olusola

6.

ALI, Ammuna Lawan

7.

ALIYU, Amb. Adamu

8.

BARDA, Alhaji Saidu

9.

DADA, Olayinka (JP)

10.

DAIBU, Alhaji Yusuf Kawu

11.

DANJUMA, Senator Daisy

12.

EKERENDU, Dr. Edet Antai

13.

ENEBELI, Chief Paul

14.

IGWE, Mrs. Eunice

15.

KAIGAMA, Comrade Bobboi Bala

16.

MAGORO, Hajiya Dr Bilkisu

17.

MAMMAN, Kenan

18.

OGBONNAYA, Prof. Joshua C.

19.

OGUNSHOLA, Chief Ajibola

20.

OKEKE,  Engr. Ebele O.

21.

OLAITAN, Olakunle Olanrewaju

22.

RASAKI, Gen. Raji (rtd)

23.

SANUSI, HRH Alh. (Dr) Nuhu Muhammad

24.

TURAKI, Prof. Yusufu

 

 

 

 

 

13.      COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTORAL MATTERS

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

ABDULLAHI, Hon. Musa Elayo

2.

ADAMU, Senator Abdullahi Bala

3.

AKHABUE, Hon. (Dr.) Felix

4.

ALKALI, Prof. Muhammad Nur

5.

AYU, Dr. Iyorchia

6.

BALOGUN, Chief (Mrs.) Anthonia

7.

CHUKWU, Chief Wachuku

8.

DAUDA, Dr. Saleh

9.

EBISENI, Chief Nehemiah Olushola

10.

EDET, Rt. Hon. Ignatius Kevin

11.

IBRAHIM, Senator Muhammed

12.

JIBRIL,  Senator Mohammed Kabiru

13.

KAWU, Is’haq Modibbo

14.

KURA,  Malam Naseer

15.

NGIERIWAGHA, Dr. (Mrs.)

16.

NNEBE, Rt. Hon. (Chief) Anayo

17.

OKOKO, Prof. Kimse

18.

OKOROAFOR, Mrs. Ezinwa

19.

OLATUBORA, Barr. Remi

20.

OSOBA, His Excellency Chief Olusegun

21.

SALIHU, Barr. Musa

22.

SANI, Alhaji Mohammed Zoro

23.

UDENWA, His Excellency Chief Achike

24.

YUSUF, Khalifa Hassan

 

 

14.      COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN POLICY AND DIASPORA MATTERS

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

ABUBAKAR,  Amb. Abdulmumuni AIG (rtd)

2.

AHMED, Hon. Abubakar Sadiq

3.

ALA, Chief Babatunde

4.

ANIBOWEI, Hon. George

5.

AYOGU, Amb. Fidel Mama

6.

EKPEBU, Amb. (Prof.) Lawrence

7.

GAMBARI, Prof. Ibrahim Agboola

8.

MAMMAN, Amb. Yaro Yusuf

9.

MANUGA, Dudu Poloma

10.

MOHAMMED, Amb. Isa Aliyu

11.

NZADON, Chief (Barr.) Dan Leonard

12.

OKE, Mrs. Bunmi

13.

OKOBI, Amb. Vincent Sunny

14.

OKOYE, Mr. Gabriel

15.

OLADIMEJI, Adebayo

16.

OYEBODE, Prof. Akin

17.

SANI, Amb. B. M.

18.

SHINKAYE, Amb. J. K.

19.

SULE, Amb. Ibrahim Mai

20.

UDECHUKWU, Christian Chukwudozie

21.

UWAGA, Dr. Nelson U. O.

22.

UYOT, Chris

23.

YARO, Rt. Hon. Muhammad

24.

ZUBAIRU, Ambassador Suleiman

 

 

 

 

15.      COMMITTEE ON LAND TENURE AND NATIONAL BOUNDARIES

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

ADEDAPO, HRM Oba Arc. Aderemi A.

2.

ADEDEJI, HRM Oba Michael Gbadebo Ariyowonye II

3.

ADEGBUYI, Barr. Bisi

4.

AKANWA, Hon. Dame Victoria

5.

ALIYU, Hon. Justice Balkisu Bello

6.

ALUKO-DANIEL, Steve Osebi

7.

BUBA, His Royal Highness Elder Jacob Gyang

8.

DIETE-SPIFF, His Excellency King Alfred

9.

EHANMO, Rear Adm. Christopher Sule (rtd)

10.

ESIENE, Chief Nduese

11.

FUMUDOH, Chief Joshua B.

12.

GAMBARI, HRH Alh. Ibrahim Sulu CFR

13.

ILOMUANYA, His Royal Highness  Eze (Dr) Cletus

14.

ISEKHURE, Chief Nosakhare, JP

15.

MADUBUIKE, Prof. Ihechukwu Chiedozie

16.

MAMMAN, Gen. A. B. (rtd)

17.

MOHAMMED, Hon. Maryam S.

18.

MUSTAPHA, HRH Dr. Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu CFR

19.

NJIDDA, Kashim

20.

NWAORGU, Dr. Joe

21.

OLUGBENLE, HRM Oba Kehinde Gbadewole

22.

OSHINOWO-BASHORUN,  Olufunmilayo

23.

OSUOKA, Dr. Isaac

24.

WALI, Okey SAN

 

 

 

 

16.      COMMITEE ON ECONOMY, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

ABDULKADIR, Ibrahim-Khaleel

2.

ADEOLA, Mr. Fola

3.

AINA, Dr. Lawrence Olusegun

4.

AKANDE, Chief Dr. (Mrs.) Onikepo

5.

BAJOMO, Senator (Chief) Felix Kolawole

6.

BELLO, Engr. Mustafa

7.

ERHAGBE, Prof. Eddy

8.

ETAFO, Augustine

9.

EZE, His Royal Highness Eze Elder Agom

10.

IBRAHIM, Barr. Halidu

11.

IKEGWUONU, Nnaemeka

12.

JAMODU, Chief Kola

13.

JUNAIDU, Prof. Sambo

14.

MAFINDI, Alhaji Isa

15.

NWEKE II, Mr. Frank

16.

OBOH, Prof. Sylvanus

17.

OGBONNAYA, Dr. (Mrs.) Patricia Wudhiga

18.

OLEJEME, Mrs. (Dr.) Ngozi

19.

SHAGAYA, Hajiya Bola

20.

SHENDAM, Yakubu

21.

TAWO, Dr. Pius

22.

UGBOAJA, Emmanuel

23.

UKPO, Gen. Anthony (rtd.)

24.

WAZIRI, Ibrahim D.

 

 

 

17.      COMMITTEE ON ENERGY

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

ABDULMAJEED, Abdullahi

2.

AJAERO, Joe

3.

AKINJIDE, Chief Richard

4.

BELLO, Mrs. Maryam Jummai

5.

BENJAMIN-AYUBA, Mrs. Sarah

6.

BRAIMOH, Senator Yisa

7.

BRAMBAIFA, Senator John K.

8.

BRIMMO, Arc. Waheed Niyi

9.

DAUKORU, HRM King Dr. Edmund

10.

EZENWA, Mrs. Ifeayinwa

11.

IBIANG, Hon. Charles

12.

IBRAHIM, Dr. Princess Rabi

13.

IBRAHIM, Mallam Muhammadu Biu

14.

JUMARE, Dr. Mohammed

15.

KILA, Engr. (Senator) Adefemi

16.

LADOJA, Senator Rashidi Adewolu

17.

McCARTHY, Chief (Mrs) Wosilat Tinuke

18.

NALADO, Hon. Muhammad Lawal

19.

NWOBODO, Senator Jim

20.

OGBOLE, Mr. Dogara Mark

21.

OGOH, Mrs. Safiya Ibrahim

22.

OLUWA, Prince Rabiu

23.

SULEIMAN, Engr.  Bello

24.

UWAJUMOGU, Chief (Ms.) Chidinma

 

 

 

18.      COMMITTEE ON RELIGION

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

AJAKAYE, Bishop Felix Femi

2.

ALFA, Hajia Shetu

3.

BAGOBIRI, Bishop Joseph D.

4.

DATTIJO, Hadija Dije

5.

EKPE, Prof. Obini E.

6.

EMMANUEL , Pastor Bosun

7.

ERINOSHO, Prof. Layi

8.

HANGA, Mal. Muzzammil Sani

9.

HARUNA, Prof. Andrew

10.

IKE, Monsignor Obiora

11.

IYOKE, Barr. Godswill Iyoha

12.

JIBRIL, Prof, Munzali

13.

LEMU, Alh. Nuruddeen

14.

NASIR, Hajiya Talatu

15.

NASIR, Justice Mamman (rtd)

16.

OBAJE, Dr. Jonathan

17.

OLOYEDE, Prof. Is-haq O.

18.

OMOTI, Hajia Amina B.

 

 

 

19.      COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC FINANCE AND REVENUE

 

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

AGBOTI, Senator Azu

2.

AJAKAIYE,  Prof. Olu

3.

AKANDE, Chief Femi

4.

ALAMIEYESEIGHA, Chief D.S.P.

5.

ALIERO, HE Adamu Muhammad

6.

ANDREW, Esther

7.

ANOHU, Dr. (Mrs.) Virginia A.

8.

ARIKAWE, Mr. Akin

9.

AUDU, Chief Robert Usman

10.

AWUSE, Chief Sergeant Chidi

11.

AYUBA, Gen. Tanko (rtd)

12.

BALA, Hajiya Dije

13.

DINGYADI, Muhammad Maigari

14.

DOUKPOLA, Chief Francis

15.

EDEM, Chief Bassey E. O.

16.

FILANI, Prof. (Mrs.) Titilola

17.

MANDE, Col. Bala Mohammed (rtd)

18.

MUSA-LAWAL, Com. Barr. Mohammed Ozigi

19.

NGBALE, Mr. Moses

20.

OHIOMAH, Alhaji Abdullahi

21.

OKPAREKE, Dr (Mrs) Kate

22.

OLUATA, Mr. Johnson Oludeinde

23.

OSUNG, Chief Okon

24.

UCHE, Chief Richard Uchechukwu

 

 

 

20.      COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND RELATED MATTERS

S/No.

DELEGATE

1.

ABDULLAH, Dr. Maryam C.

2.

ABDULLAHI, HRH Dr. Muhammad Zaiyanu

3.

ABUBAKAR, Mohammed Badaru

4.

ADEKAMBI, Barr. Ayodele

5.

AKIKA, Barr. Anthony

6.

AKIYODE-AFOLABI, Dr. Abiola

7.

ALBERT, Prof. Olawale

8.

ALI-KANO, Abdullahi

9.

BUKAR, Hajiya Hauwa

10

DARA, John

11.

ETIABA, Dame Virgy

12.

EZEIFE, Dr. Chukwuemeka

13.

FUMUDOH, Chief Joshua B.

14.

IBRAHIM, Dr. Garba

15.

JEMIDE, Chief Isaac O.

16.

LAWAN, Hon. Umar Kareto

17.

MAHMUD, Aminu

18.

MBA, Chief (Mrs.) Nkechi Okemini

19.

MOM, Rommy

20.

NNAMANI, Senator Ken

21.

PETERSIDE, Dr. Atedo N. A.

22.

SHASORE, Mr. Olasupo SAN

23.

USMAN, Ramatu Bala

24.

UTHMAN, Hon. Justice Mohammed