The National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) has appointed Andrew Ogbonnaya Nwoba as the Clerk of the Senate.
A statement yesterday in Abuja by the commission’s Deputy Director Information, Emmanuel Anyigor, on behalf of its chairman, said the appointment, which took effect from December 1, was approved at the NASC meeting held on December 4.
The statement reads: “Before this appointment, Nwoba was the Secretary of the Directorate of Legislative Budget and Planning.
“The commission further endorsed the elevation of other key officers of the National Assembly bureaucracy: Mr. Emmanuel Odo was appointed Deputy Clerk (Administration), Senate, while Vivien N. Njemanze was appointed Deputy Clerk
(Administration), House of Representatives.
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“Also, Dr. Obasi D. Ukoha is now the Secretary of the Directorate of Legislative Budget and Planning.
“On the other hand, Mr. Rawlings Agada was deployed from his former position of Deputy Clerk (Administration), Senate, to Deputy Clerk (Legislative), Senate, while Florence Kehinde A. was deployed from her former position as Deputy Clerk (Administration), House of Representatives, to Deputy Clerk (Legislative), House of Representatives.
“Meanwhile, the commission had earlier approved the appointment of Ogundayo Mofoluwake Olufunmilayo as Secretary of the Directorate of Special Duties; Alkali Umar Abubakar as the Secretary of the Directorate of Human Resource & Staff Development and Essien Eyo Essien as Secretary of the Directorate of Zonal Liaison Offices.”