As stated in the terms of the legislation creating the Public Complaint Commission, Bashir Abubakar has been appointed as the new Chief Public Complaint Commissioner of the Federation by the leadership of the National Assembly.
The appointment of 37 additional federal commissioners for the Federal Capital Territory and the 36 states was also authorized by the National Assembly. This was said in a statement that was signed by Dr. Barde Umoru, Secretary of Research and Information, on behalf of Sani Magaji Tambawal, Clerk of the National Assembly. According to him, the appointment complies with Public Complaints Commission (PCC) Establishment Act section 2(1).
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The other commissioners appointed are Ubong Uwah (Akwa Ibom), Yusuf Abdullahi Ata (Kano State), Olayisade Akintade Charles (Ekiti), Abatcha Maaji (Borno), Falola Olanrewaju Jimoh (Kwara), Dr Achi Ezeora Christian (Ebonyi) and James Ogaba Oche (Benue State). Others are Edith Okoli (Enugu), Adekunle Alao (Osun), Barde Usman Shehu (Jigawa), Maryam Dalhatu Abdulmalik (Adamawa), Barr Ronke Binawari (Bayelsa), Dr Owa E. Owa (Cross River), Mathew Uduaghan (Delta), Bashir M. Isah (Katsina), Sama’il Salihu Bui (Kebbi), Mirakinyo Akinuye (Ogun), Nuhu Sabo (Taraba), Hassan Garba Katuzu (Yobe), Sani Akilu Idris (Kaduna ), Madukwe E. E. (Abia) and Austin Aigbavboa (Edo).
Also appointed as Commissioners for the commission are Bose Mohammed Bashir (Gombe), Oladeinde Abolarin (Kogi), Olataun Rashidat Yusuf (Oyo), Ernest Chima (Rivers), Baba Ibrahim Mohammed (Bauchi), Mohammed Galandanci (Sokoto), Muoka Emmanuel Okechukwu (Anambra), Musa Dikko (FCT), Mike Uzodimma (Imo), Odunewu Hafeez Adekunle (Lagos), Hon Kehinde Adeyemi Oni (Ondo), Abbas Garba (Plateau), Amb Hamidu Ibrahim (Zamfara), Mustapha Saidu Mahmud (Nasarawa) and Abdulrahman Mohammed (Niger).