President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new management team for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), pending Senate confirmation.
Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement yesterday, explained that the decision is in exercise of powers conferred on the President as established in Section 3(6) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, and in furtherance of the Renewed Hope mandate to reform key institutions and invigorate Nigeria’s war on corruption.
Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu is the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Commission. Clifford Okwudiri Oparaodu will serve as the Secretary to the Commission.
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 and, therefore, by the directive of the President, the appointment of Oparaodu as Secretary of the Commission takes immediate effect.
The President also approved the appointment of Alhaji Jalal Ahmad Arabi to serve as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) for a term of four years in the first instance. According to Ngelale, the presidency also approved the dissolution of the Board of NAHCON.
The President has directed the outgoing Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle Hassan, to proceed on three-months pre-retirement leave as provisioned by Public Service Rule (PSR) 120243 with effect from October 18, leading to his eventual retirement from service on January 17, 2023.
The new Chairman/CEO, Arabi, will assume office in acting capacity on October 18, 2023, and will continue to serve in substantive capacity for a fresh term of four years, beginning on January 17, 2023.
The President expects that the new NAHCON leadership will serve in reverence of Allah and with utmost adherence to the precepts of service according to the Holy Qur’an.
