The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, yesterday named the newly sworn-in Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Local Content as well as Vice Chairman of the Committee on Steel.
Akpabio also named 14 other Senators as Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of different Committees.
They includes: Steel – Patrick Ndubueze (Chairman), Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Vice-chairman); Tourism – Shuaibu Isa Lau, Ireti Kingigbe (Vice-Chairman),
Others are Inter-Parliamentary Affairs – Jimoh Ibrahim (Chairman).
State and Local Government Affairs – Binos Yaroe (Chairman), Francis Fadahunsi (Vice Chairman); National Atomic and Nuclear Energy – Sahabi Alhaji Yau (Chairman), Mustapha Khalid Ibrahim (Vice Chairman).
Also appointed are: Youth and Community Engagement – Yemi Adaramodu (Chairman);
Sport Development – Kawu Sumaila (Chairman), Ned Nwoko (Vice Chairman).
Niger Delta Affairs – has Babajide Ipinsagba as Chairman and Rev. Amos Kumai Yohanna as Vice Chairman.
The Committee on Art, Culture and Creative Economy has Onawo Ogoshi as Chairman and Okechukwu Ezea as Vice Chairman.
Senator Joel Onowakpo is now the Vice Chairman of the Defence Committee.
In the Petroleum Downstream Committee, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah is the Chairman while Babajide Ipinsagba is the Vice Chairman.
The Solid Minerals Development Committee is under the Chairmanship of Sampson Ekong just Osits Ngwu is the Vice Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
Senator Sunday Katung is the Vice Chairman of the Establishment and Public Services Committee while Victor Umeh is the Vice Chairman of the Committee on Housing.
