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Olatunji-Bello made the demand in her presentation at a 2-day South/West Zonal Public Hearing on the Review of Revenue Allocation Formula by Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).
The request which was contained in a letter dated September 28, 2021, was read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.
This is contained in a statement by Mr Onogwu Muhammed, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, on Wednesday.
He stated this on Tuesday in Gombe while flagging off a nationwide sensitization on the Review of Existing Revenue Allocation Formula, by the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).
The chairman of the commission, Mr Elias Mbam, made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja.
The request was contained in a suit filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja by the rights group on Friday.
SERAP also urged Mbam “to send your review and recommendations to the National Assembly for appropriate remedial and legislative action, as provided for by the Nigerian Constitution 1999 [as amended].”
Mbam, in a tribute to the late political icon who passed to eternal glory at the age of 77 years described the deceased as a colossus and intellectual par excellence.
The advice was contained in a letter dated November 21, 2020 and signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, made available to the media on Sunday.
Mbam, also Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, said this while speaking with newsmen on Monday in Abakaliki.
The Public Relations Officer of RMAFC, Christian Nwachukwu, made the disclosure in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
Umahi made the appeal on Tuesday, when officials of the commission on a sensitisation and advocacy visit to the state paid him a courtesy call at the Old Government House, Abakaliki
The Senate President gave the charge on Wednesday in his remarks after the Upper Chamber confirmed the appointment of Lamido A. Yuguda (Gombe) as Director-General of the Commission.
Its President, Quadri Olaleye, and Secretary-General, Musa-Lawal Ozigi, made the call in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos.
The Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Engr. Chinedum Orji, with former Deputy Governor of Abia State and…
The Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Elias Mbas, made this known on Thursday in Abuja at the inauguration of chairmen and members of the Committee.
The Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Elias Mbam, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, shortly after he received an Award of Excellence from the Nigeria Civil Service Union.
The president gave the charge while swearing-in the members of the Commission at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, and urged them not to compromise the commission’s constitutional mandate for whatever reasons.
Elias Mbam, the Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, says the commission will work towards increasing the revenue shared by federal, state and local governments.