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Buhari writes Senate, seeks confirmation of Habu Galadima as DG, NIPSS
Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate for the confirmation of the appointment of Prof. Habu Galadima as the substantive Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, Jos.
Dr Ahmad Lawan, Senate President, read the letter from the President to his colleagues at the plenary on Tuesday.
The president noted that his correspondence dated July 9, was backed by Section 8 (5) of the NIPSS Act, which empowers him to forward name of nominees for the office to Senate for confirmation.
He asked the legislators to give necessary support that would ensure smooth screening and confirmation of Galadima.
He noted that he attached a copy of the nominee’s curriculum vitae to the letter to further enable the Senate have more information about him.
Galadima was born in 1963 at Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
According to NAN, he is a current professor of Political Science at the University of Jos, Plateau obtained a first degree in 1987, MSC in 1990 and PhD in 2006 from same university.
NAN further reports that Galadima who rose to become Head of Department of the Political Science in UNIJOS had worked as a consultant to ECOWAS, World Bank and UNDP.
In a similar letter read by the President of the Senate, Buhari also requested the Senate to confirm the appointment of Mr Uba Maska as Executive Director of the National Communication Commission (NCC).
The letter quoted Section 8 (1) of the NCC Act as empowering the President to seek the Senate confirmation.
Credit: NAN