Dr Ahmad Lawan, Nigeria’s Senate President, has forwarded President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominees into the board of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes for screening.

The President also forwarded the names of appointees into the newly established Boards of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NPRA) and Upstream Regulatory Commission (URC) to the Committees on Petroleum (Downstream) and (Upstream), respectively.

The nominees were mentioned to the relevant committees for legislative action during the start of plenary proceedings on Wednesday, after the receipt of three separate requests from the President to that effect.

The upper chamber had on Tuesday received a request from Buhari to confirm the nominees as Members of the Board of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority.