President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated the Media Adviser to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Sunday Dare as one of the executive commissioners in the newly constituted board of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC).
According to a statement by the special adviser to the President on media and publicity, Femi Adesina the President nominated Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, in a letter dated August 2, 2016, sent to President of the Senate, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, as Chairman of the commission.
Others whom the President nominated as Non-Executive Commissioners, according to Adesina, include: Aliyu Sa’idu Abubakar (North East), Clement Omeiza Baiye (North Central), Chief Okoi Ofem Obono Obla (South South), Pastor Ezekiel Yissa (North Central) and Senator Ifeanyi Ararume (South East). [myad]
