BREAKING: Tinubu Swear-in New ICPC and FCSC Boss

Today, President Bola Tinubu swore in Musa Adamu as the new Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). 

The ceremony was held at the State House Council Chambers, preceding the Federal Executive Council (FEC). 

Also, Professor Tunji Olaopa was appointed as the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) Chairman at the event, and eleven people were commission members.  

According to the announcement made by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the appointed ICPC Chairman, he occupied the role of Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Jigawa State from 2019 to 2023.

Professor Olaopa, the newly appointed Federal Civil Service Commission Chairman, hails from Oyo State. He has a strong academic background and former roles as a Permanent Secretary in five different ministries.

Those sworn in for the FCSC include members representing Adamawa, Gombe, and Taraba, Dr. Daudu Jalo, Gekpe Isu (Akwa Ibom and Cross River), Dr. Chamberlain Nwele (Anambra, Ebonyi, and Enugu), Rufus Godwins (Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa), Dr. Adamu Hussein ( Niger and the FCT) and Aminu Nabegu (Jigawa and Kano). 

Others are Hindatu Abdullahi (Kaduna and Katsina), Shehu Aliyu (Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara), Odekunle Aduke (Kogi and Kwara), Jide Jimoh (Lagos and Ogun) and Dr. Festus Oyebade (Osun and Oyo).  After the swearing-in ceremony, the FEC meeting followed immediately.

BACKSTORY: When the presiding officers of the commission and the members were appointed, Ajuri Ngelale said that the nomination would pass through some screening processes by the Senate before they would be officially selected.

It was reported that Ngelale said that the appointment was necessitated by the outgoing Chairman’s request to proceed on pre-end of tenure leave beginning on November 4, 2023, ahead of the expiration of his tenure on February 3, 2024.  

• The new Chairman of the ICPC is nominated for confirmation by the Nigerian Senate, following the President’s approval of the outgoing Chairman’s request to proceed on pre-end of tenure leave beginning on November 4, 2023, ahead of the expiration of his tenure on February 3, 2024.  

• The position of Secretary to the Commission does not require Senate confirmation; therefore, by the directive of the President, the appointment of Mr. Clifford Okwudiri Oparaodu as Secretary of the Commission takes immediate effect.  

• Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu has embarked upon many far-reaching reforms as the Attorney General of Jigawa State since September 2019 and holds Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate degrees in Law. He was also named as a senior Advocate of Nigeria-designate in October 2023.