Senate to investigate FGs appointments
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the senate on thursday mandated its committee on federal character to investigate alleged lopsided appointments into federal government agencies1 the decision followed a point of order by the deputy president of the senate mr ike ekweremadu at plenary1 ekweremadu alleged that appointments by the present administration were skewed in favour of a particular region of the country1 the point-of-order followed a letter from president muhammadu buhari seeking senates confirmation of appointment of mr tunde lemo as chairman federal emergency road maintenance agency ferma and six members1 lemo is a former deputy governor of central bank of nigeria cbn1 ekweremadu pointed out that some of the appointments by the administration were not in tune with the federal character principle1 he said that the constitution provided composition of government or its agencies should reflect federal character principle so as to promote national unity1 he added that it should be done in a manner that avoided the predominance of persons from a few states or from few ethnic or sectional groups in the government or in any of its agencies1 in his contribution sen. chukwuka utazi pdp-enugu said that most appointments of the present government were lopsided1 in his remarks president of the senate dr bukola saraki mandated the committee on federal character to investigate the matter and report back on tuesday1