The
upper legislative chamber of the Nigerian National Assembly (NASS), the Senate
has unanimously confirmed the nomination of Mallam Mounir Haliru Gwarzo as the
Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at plenary on
Wednesday May 13, 2015.
The
confirmation, by unanimous decision, followed consideration of the screening report of the Senate Committee
on Capital Market headed by Senator Ayo Adeseun which affirmed Gwarzo as the
best candidate for the position. The Committee had earlier screened Gwarzo and
expressed its satisfaction with his nomination and therefore called on the
whole house to confirm his nomination by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
Thereafter,
some members of senate including the three senators from Kano State (Gwarzo’s
state of origin), Senators Bello Dalhatu Gwarzo, Kabiru Gaya and Bashir Garba
Lado also spoke in favour of confirmation of the new DG of SEC.
Senate
Leader Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba and a former Chairman of the Senate Committee
on Capital Market, Senator Ganiyu Solomon from Lagos also openly supported his
nomination before the Senate President, Senator David Mark put the motion for
his confirmation before his colleagues. The motion was then unanimously
supported without a single opposition. In his comment senator David Mark
described Gwarzo as ‘’a round peg in a round hole’’ and expressed the hope that
he would bring his experience to bear on the job.
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