Dr. Musa Aliyu was confirmed by the Senate on Wednesday, and President Bola Tinubu swore him in as the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission’s substantive chairman.
At 12:24 p.m., as the Federal Executive Council was meeting in the Council Chamber of the State House in Abuja, Aliyu took the oath of office.
On October 16, 2023, Tinubu named Aliyu with Mr. Clifford Oparaodu, the Secretary to the Commission of the ICPC.
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The Nigerian Senate must confirm a candidate for Chairman, but not for Secretary to the Commission.
“Therefore, Mr. Oparaodu’s appointment as Secretary of the Commission takes immediate effect,” stated Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu’s Special Advisor on Media and Publicity.
Aliyu earned a bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate in law. Since September 2019, he has been Jigawa State’s attorney general.
In October 2023, he was also designated as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
Prof. Tunji Olaopa, the Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission, was also sworn in by the President.
At 12:30 p.m., Olaopa took the oath of office, and eleven other Commission members did the same.
Dr. Daudu Jalo, Obong Eyoma (Akwa Ibom and Cross River), Dr. Chamberlain Nwele (Anambra, Ebonyi, and Enugu), Rufus Godwins (Rivers, Delta, and Bayelsa), Dr. Adamu Hussein (Niger and the FCT), and Aminu Nabegu (Jigawa and Kano) are among the members that represent Adamawa, Gombe, and Taraba.
The others are Sarah Sosan (Lagos and Ogun), Dr. Festus Oyebade (Osun and Oyo), Odekunle Aduke (Kogi and Kwara), Shehu Aliyu (Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara), and Hindatu Abdullahi (Kaduna and Katsina).
