Dabiri-Erewa Earns Reappointment As NiDCOM Chair Amid Sudan Evacuation Efforts

• In November 2018, President Buhari appointed Dabiri-Erewa as the Chairman/CEO of NiDCOM.

• However, the Senate delayed the confirmation of her appointment until May 2019.

• The president is asking the upper legislative chamber to consider her reappointment four years later.

Eko Hot Blog reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Abike Dabiri-Erewa for a second term as the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM).

The notice of her reappointment was contained in a letter written by the President to the Senate requesting the Upper Chamber to confirm her reappointment.

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Senate President Ahmad Lawan read out the president’s letter at plenary on Tuesday.

Dabiri-Erewa, whose nomination was confirmed by the Senate in May 2019, was previously Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora since 2015.

She was also the Chairperson of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs during her time in the House of Representatives between 2003 and 2015.

The news of the NiDCOM chair’s reappointment comes amid her commission’s bid to evacuate stranded Nigerians in war-torn Sudan.

Buhari also wrote a separate letter to the Senate seeking the confirmation of appointment of six federal commissioners of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to fill the existing vacancies in the states.

The nominees are Ayogu Eze, Peter Okpara, Hauwa Aliyu, Rajiya Ayuba, Kolawole Adebola and Ismailia Agaka.

Meanwhile, the red chamber has mandated its committee on interior to investigate the circumstances causing the delay in the issuance and renewal of passports by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS).

The Senate has also asked its committee on interior to probe the contract for the printing of passports by the NIS.

The Senate issued these directives to its committee on Interior at the resumption of plenary on Tuesday following a motion by Senator Uche Ekwunife who said Nigerians are facing hardship and stress in getting their passports.

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She explained that despite the six weeks timeline given by the NIS to process passports, Nigerians now spend between three to six months to get them.

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