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Senate confirms Wakil as Federal Civil Service Commissioner

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The Senate, on Tuesday, in a committee of the whole, confirmed the nomination of Mr Wakil Bukar for appointment as commissioner for the Federal Civil Service Commission.

The Senate confirmation was sequel to the adoption of the report of the Committee on Establishment and Public Service led by the Senator representing Kano central, Ibrahim Shekarau.

Presenting his committee’s findings, Senator Shekarau told the Senate that the nominee possessed the requisite requirements specified under the provisions of Section 156 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) that qualifies him to be appointed as a commissioner in the Federal Civil Service Commission.

He also said that “there is no adverse security report before the committee against the appointment of the nominee as a commissioner in the Federal Civil Service Commissioner as both the DSS and Police report submitted to the committee on the life of the nominee to date did not reveal any iota of crime or wrong doing against him.”

The committee also noted that “there was no petition before the committee against the nomination and appointment of the nominee as a commissioner.”

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