By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Senators Jimoh Ibrahim ( APC Ondo South) ,Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan ( PDP Kogi Central) , Kawu Summaila ( NNPP Kano South ) and others , were on Tuesday , named as Chairmen of different standing committees of the Senate by its President, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
Akpabio who had in August before Senate proceeded on long recess , announced Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of 74 standing committees , reconstituted the committees due to lost of mandate by some of the previously named chairmen and vice chairmen .
From the reconstituted committees , he named Senators Jimoh Ibrahim as Chairman of Inter – Parliamentary Affairs , Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as Chairman , committee on Local Content , Summaila Kawu as Chairman, committee on Sports Development and Patrick Ndubueze as Chairman, Committee on Steel .
Others are Senators Shuaibu Isa Lau ( Tourism) , Binos Yaroe (State and Local Government Affairs) , Sahabi Alhaji Yau (National Atomic and Nuclear Energy), Yemi Adaramodu ( Youth and Community Engagement) , Babajide Ipinsagba (Niger Delta Affairs), Onawo Ogoshi (Art, Culture and Creative Economy) and Ifeanyi Ubah (Petroleum Downstream) .
Also named as Chairmen of reconstituted committees are Senators Sampson Ekong (Solid Minerals Development) , Idiat Oluranti Adebule (Social Welfare and poverty alleviation) , Jim Kuta ( FCT Area Councils) and Muhammed Goje (Sustainable Development Growth).
