Senate has confirmed Festus Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN,
as a member of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC).
It also confirmed Ronke Sokefun as Chairman and Garba Bello, Josef
Okoloagu, Mustapha Mudashiru and Adewale Adeleke as members of the
corporation.
One other nominee, Garba Buba, was, however, not confirmed because he
did not show up for screening.
President Muhammadu Buhari had on May 8 written to the Senate seeking
confirmation of the appointment of Mr Keyamo and the others.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria is currently the spokesperson for Mr Buhari’s reelection campaign organisation.
His confirmation was made after the Senate considered and adopted the
report of its committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial
Institutions.
Rafiu Ibrahim (PDP-Kwara), who presented the report, said Mr Keyamo
and the other nominees were cleared by the Code of Conduct Bureau.
He also said after screening, the nominees were discovered to be
resourceful, diligent, articulate, competent, have the knowledge to
work in the positions for which they were nominated and also possess
the needed value in the operations of the board of the NDIC.
