The National Assembly Service Commission has confirmed Mohammed Sani Omolori as the substantive Clerk of the National Assembly. Sani-Omolori has been acting as clerk after the expiration of the tenure of former clerk, Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa.
A letter confirming Sani-Omolori as the substantive clerk and signed by the Executive Chairman of the commission, Dr. Adamu Mohammed Fika, said the appointment was in recognition of Sani-Omolori’s hard work, dedication to duty and responsible conduct as well as loyalty to the Leadership of the National Assembly.
It reads in part: “I have the pleasure to inform you that the National Assembly Service Commission has at it 443rd Meeting approved the confirmation of your appointment as Clerk to the National Assembly.
“This appointment takes effect from 15th August, 2016.“
Mohammed Ataba Sani-Omolori became Clerk of the House of Representatives in 2008.
A prince of Ebira, he was born into the family of the immediate past Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, the late Alhaji Mohammed Sani-Omolori, in Okene, on June 7, 1961.
He had his early education at the Native Authority (Central) Primary School, Okene from 1966 to 1971.
He thereafter proceeded to Government Secondary School now Abdul Azeez Attah Memorial College Okene from 1972 to 1976.
From there, he proceeded to the Katsina College of Arts, Science and Technology (KCAST), Zaria for his advanced level certificate from 1977 to 1979.
After leaving KCAST, he later secured admission into Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria in 1979 where he obtained LLB in Law 1982.
Upon graduation from ABU, he proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, Lagos in 1982 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1983. [myad]