Senate President Ahmad Lawan appoints Senate Committees

Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan on Tuesday announced Senate standing Committee shortly before he adjourned sitting until 24th September, 2019, TOPNAIJA.NG reports.

Before announcing the Committees and Special Committees, there was high expectations among Senators and those privy to the activities of the Senate.

The committees, which were 69 in number, cut across party divides with Senators of the opposition political parties heading strategic Committees.

Tuesday’s announcement was for Committee Chairmen and their deputies, while the Senate President revealed that Committee membership were still being fine-tuned.

Some of the committees are Appropriation which is chaired by Barau Jibrin; Finance, Adeola Olamilekan; Police, Dauda Jika; Defence, Aliyu Magatakarda; Army, Ali Ndume; NDDC, Peter Nwabaoshi; Agriculture, Abdullahi Adamu and INEC, Kabiru Gaya.