“Mobilize Funds from non oil sector” Buhari charges new RMFAC members
President Buhari has charged the newly inaugurated chairman and members of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), to drive the necessary process to mobilise funds from the non-oil sector.
The secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, spoke on expectations from chairmen and members of Federal Character Commission (FCC) and Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) and the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation And Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), after inauguration by President Buhari at the State House Abuja.
He told State House Correspondents at the end of the ceremony which also had Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Kwara State governor, Abdulrazaq Abdulrahma, the chief of staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and ministers, said that President Buhari wants the three commissions to take their constitutional responsibilities seriously so that the administration will deliver on its Next Level agenda to the Nigerians.
Members of RMAFC sworn-in are Ahmed Yusuf from Taraba; Bello Wamakko from Sokoto; Oladele Gboyega from Osun; Adamu Dibai from Borno; Alfred Egba from Bayelsa and Hajiya Salamatu Bala from Adamawa.
The president swore in Muheeda Dankaka as the chairman of the FCC and 36 other members of the board.
The members included Henry Ogbulogo (Abia), Salihu Bello (Adamawa), Dorah Daniel (Akwa Ibom), Ibeabuchi Uche, (Anambra), Mohammed Tijjani, (Bauchi), Tonye Okio (Bayelsa) and Silas Macikpah (Benue).
Others were Abba Ali Monguno (Borno), Nsor Atamgba (Cross River), Alims Agoda (Delta), Tobias Chukuemeka (Ebonyi), Imuetinyan Festus (Edo), Sesan Fatoba (Ekiti), Ginika Tor (Enugu). Hamza Mohammed (Gombe), Diogu Uche, (Imo) and Lawan Ya’u Roni (Jigawa).
Also sworn-in were Hadiza Muazu (Kaduna), Mohammed Na’iya (Kano), Lawal Garba (Katsina), Abubakar Atiku Bunu (Kebbi), Idris Bello (Kogi), Are Bolaji (Lagos), Nasir Isa Kwarra (Nasarawa), and Suleiman Barau (Niger).
Others sworn in were Abiodun Akinlade (Ogun), Olufemi Omosanya (Ondo), Adeoye Olalekan (Osun) Adeniyi Olowofela (Oyo), Stephen Jings (Plateau), Wokocha Augustine (Rivers), Abdullahi Tafida (Sokoto), Alhaji Armaya’u Abubakar (Taraba), Jibril Maigari (Yobe), Sani Garba (Zamfara) and Adamu Sidi-Ali (Federal Capital Territory)