Saraki reshuffles ?Senate Standing Committees

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Saraki reshuffles ?Senate Standing Committees

The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Thursday reshuffled five standing committees in the Senate.

The reshufflement saw former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, appointed as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Others appointed committees Chairmen are Senator Gorge Sekibo as Chairman, Committee on Interior; Senator Abba Kyari as Chairman, Committee on Defence?; Senator Magnus Abe as Chairman, Committee on Federal Emergency Road Maintenance Agency; and Senator Aitai Idoko as Chairman, Sustainable Development Goals.

The reshuffling of the five Standing Committees in the Senate saw the All Progressives Congress getting three chairmanship slots, while the Peoples Democratic Party got two.

The new development showed that two Standing Committees have been created.

These are FERMA and SDG.
It brings to 58 the number of Standing Committees in the Senate.
However, the Senate Books has 55 recognized Standing Committees.