Fintiri names Atiku’s son, PDP scribe among 23 commissioner nominees

The Adamawa State House of Assembly has received a list of 23
Commissioner Nominees from Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri.

The list includes Adamu Atiku, son of the Presidential Candidate
of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Atiku
Abubakar.

Adamu Atiku was nominated from Jada, along with kinsman Aloysius
Babadoke, while the PDP Secretary in the state, Abdullahi Prambe,
was nominated from Song LGA.

The list of nominees was contained in a letter sent to the House
of Assembly by the Governor and read on the floor by Speaker Aminu
Iya during Wednesday plenary session.

The others nominated by the governor include Mustapha Musa Jika
from Yola South, Ibrahim Yayaji Mijinyawa (Yola North), Umar Iya
Daware (Fufore), Shaibu Audu from Mayo Belwa, Sanusi Faruq from
Toungo, Elijah Tumba and Ishaya John Dabari from Michika, while
Muhammad Umar was nominated from Madagali Local Government
area.

The others include Barr Sunday Mathew from Mubi North, Prof Isa
Abdullahi from Mubi South, Hassan Kaigamma from Maiha, Dr Umar
Garba from Hong, Lami Patrick from Gombi, Usman Yahaya Diyajo from
Girei, and Bappa Dalhatu Isa from Ganye.

Fintiri also nominated Mrs Wilbina Jackson from Guyuk, Justina
Obadiah Nkom from Lamurde, Iliya James from Demsa, Adamu Titus from
Shelleng, and Shuaibu Audu from Mayo-Belwa.

After presenting the letter listing the nominees, Speaker Aminu
Iya Abbas who presided over the Wednesday sitting, directed the
Chairman, House Committee on Rules, Business, Ethics and
Privileges, to schedule the letter for further action.

Our correspondent reports that only on Tuesday, the Adamawa
State House of Assembly approved Gov Fintiri’s request to appoint
40 special advisers.

Ndume, Namdas: N100bn for Armed Forces in 2020 budget
grossly insufficient

The Chairmen of the National Assembly (NASS) joint committee on
Army, Senator Muhammed Ali Ndume and Hon. Abdulrazaq Namdas have
bemoaned the low budgetary allocation for the Nigerian Armed
Forces, saying the N100bn allocated to the Armed Forces in the 2020
appropriation bill is grossly insufficient.

They both made this known when they led a delegation of the
Senate and House Committee on Army, to visit the Chief of Army of
Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, at the
Army Headquarters in Abuja.

Sen. Ndume, who acknowledged the efforts of the Army in tackling
insurgency, and other emerging security threats across the country,
said there is need for their joint committee to robustly engage
with the leadership of the Army with a view to addressing some of
their challenges.

“Our NASS’ joint committee is very important. We fill in the gap
for the Nigerian Army in the NASS. Among other things, we are glad
that the Army is living up to expectation in tackling the myriads
of threats to internal security in the country,” he said.

On his part, Hon. Namdas, lauded the Army for independently
sourcing for funds to execute some of its programmes and activities
such as manufacturing of various equipment of warfare such as
Armored Personnel Carriers, gun trucks, bullet vests and other
modern fighting ammunition.

Namdas, stressed the need for government to create what he
called a ‘war budget’ for the Army in order for them to permanently
wipe out terrorists and end insurgency in the North East.
He further disclosed that a bill on how the Army can be adequately
funded independently without relying on the allocation captured in
the national budget has already been tabled on the floor of the
house.

Responding, Lt. Gen. Buratai, assured the Committee members that
the Army, under his leadership, will continue to carry out its
constitutional responsibilities diligently, responsively and
professionally.

He said though the Nigerian Army has continue to sponsor its
officers and men for training both locally and internationally,
more funds are required to help them effectively prosecute some of
its operations and programmes.

By PRNigeria^[1]