- Tinubu requested Senate confirmation of Agbasi and nine others as Managing Director and Members of FERMA, in accordance with Section 2(3) of the 2007 Federal Roads Maintenance Agency Act.
- Chairman Senate Committee on FERMA Senator Hussaini, Babangsda Uba (Jigawa North West) who’s committee was saddled with the responsibility of screening the nominees presented the report of his committee to the Senate.
Dr. Chukwuemeka Agbasi’s appointment as the Federal Road Maintenance Agency’s managing director was ratified by the Senate on Tuesday (FERMA).
This came after Tuesday’s Committee of the Whole adoption of the Senate Committee on FERMA’s report.
The Committee Chairman, Sen. Hussaini Uba, urged the Senate to take President Tinubu’s appeal for the nominee’s confirmation under Section 2(1)(2) of the FERMA Act 2002 into consideration as he presented the report.
Nine additional individuals were confirmed by the Senate to join the FERMA Board of Directors.
Those confirmed included Mr Ibi Manasseh, Dr Kenneth Ugbala, Sen.Timothy Aduda, Mr Babatunde Daramola, Mr Preye Oseke, Mr Aminu Papa, Mr Abubakar Bappa, Mr Shehu Mohammed, and Mr Yusuf Othmam.