The Nigerian Senate has received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm Mr. Halilu Shaba as Director-General of the National Space Research and Development Agency, NSRDA, and Muhammed Usman as Federal Commissioner representing Niger State in the National Population Commission, NPC.
The Senate received the request on Tuesday in a letter dated February 25, 2021, and read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan.
The letter reads in part: “Pursuant to Sections 14(1) and (2) of the National Space Research & Development Agency Act, 2010, I present for confirmation by the Senate the appointment of Mr. Halilu Ahmad Shaba as Director General of the National Space Research & Development Agency”.
According to the President, Usman’s nomination was made “in accordance with the provision of Section 154(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republican of Nigeria (as amended).”
President Buhari also requested the Upper Chamber to confirm the appointment of Usman as Federal Commissioner of the NPC.
