BUHARI SWEARS IN NEW ANTI-GRAFT AGENCY CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS
“Professor Bolaji Owasanoye has been sworn in as the new Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). President, Muhammadu Buhari, swore in Prof. Owasanoye today at a brief ceremony in the Council Chamber, State House. Also sworn in were eight other new Board Members for the Commission.
Penpushing further reports that Owasanoye and the board members were confirmed by the Senate, after their screening late last year, and they are replacing their predecessors who left office, a year ago.
“The Hon. Members that were sworn in with Prof. Owasanoye are Grace Chinda (Delta State), Titus Okolo (Enugu), Obiora Igwedebia (Anambra), Justice Adamu Bello (Katsina), Olubukola Balogun (Lagos), Hannatu Muhammed (Jigawa), Abdulahi Saidu (Niger) and Yahaya Dauda (Nasarawa)’,the statement said.
“Prof. Owasanoye will be the fourth substantive Chairman of ICPC since its inception and has by the swearing-in taken over the reins of office from the acting Chairman, Dr Musa Usman Abubakar, who is the Commission’s Secretary.”
“The Chairman will be in office for a tenure of 5 years, which is renewable only once, while the Board Members have a 4-year tenure that is also renewable only once,” the statement added.
Penpushing recalled that the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) was established on September 29, 2000 as an anti-graft agency by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
