The Senate on Tuesday received a request to verify the election of Professor Mansur Auwalu Bindawa as Non-Executive Commissioner of the Nigerian Communications Commission.

The demand was consisted of in a letter dated January 10, 2022, and continue reading the flooring by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, during the plenary.

President Buhari in the letter discussed that the demand was made pursuant to the arrangement of Section 8( 1) of the Nigerian Communications Act.

In another letter dated January 4, 2022, President Buhari asked for the chamber to verify the nominations of Nnamonso Ekanem (Akwa-Ibom) and Mahmud Abubakar Magaji (Niger) as members of the Federal Judicial Service Commission.

Ekanem and Magaji are expected to represent the South-South and North-Central zones, respectively.

The letter reads in part: “In accordance with the arrangement of Section 154 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigerians (as modified), I hereby present for verification by the Senate, the following two (2) names of members of Federal Judicial Service Commission, who have been selected in consultation with the council of State.”