Osinbajo names Owasanoye new ICPC boss, redeploys Nta

Ag. President Yemi Osinbajo has appointed Professor Bolaji Owasanoye as the new chairman of the Independent Corrupt practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

Owasanoye replaces Mr. Ekpo Una Owo Nta, who has been redeployed to the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) as a full-time Commissioner.

Prof Owasanoye was until his appointment the Executive Secretary, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), headed by Professor Iste Sagay.

The Director Press in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), Bolaji Adebiyi, announced the new appointments last night in a statement.

Prof. Musa Usman Abubakar is the new secretary of the 14-member ICPC, the statement said. 

Other members of the ICPC are Dr. Grace N. Chinda, Okolo M. Titus,  Obiora Igwedebia, Mrs. Olubukola Balogun, Group Captain Sam Ewang (Rtd.), Justice Adamu Bello, Hannatu Mohammed, Abdullahi Maikano Saidu, Dr. Sa’ad Alanamu, Yahaya Umar Dauda,Khamis Ahmed Mailantarki, (former member House of Representatives) and Maimuna Aliyu. 

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Other members are the Permanent Secretaries Establishment in the Office of the Head of Civil Service and Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity as well as Comrade Isa Aremu from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Mr. Chuma Nwankwo of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA).

Four others are made part-time commissioners. These are Victoria Nnenna Chukwuani, Mr. Geoffery Yeilong, Prof. Ropo Shekoni, and Ahmed Mahmud Gumel.