Senate confirms Louis Odion, Ummusalma Isiyaka Rabiu as Executive Commissioners of FCCPC

…Also Confirms Prof. Yusuf Mohammad arsenic NLRC Commissioner Representing North East

By Henry Umoru, Abuja

The Senate has confirmed the appointments of Mr. Louis Odion and Hajia Ummusalma Isiyaka Rabiu arsenic Executive Commissioners of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC).

The confirmation followed the presumption and information of a study by the Senate Committee connected Trade and Investment, chaired by Senator Umar Sadiq, during plenary connected Tuesday.

President Bola Tinubu had earlier forwarded the nominees’ names to the Senate for screening and confirmation successful a missive dated 31st July, 2025, which was work by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio.

According to the President’s nomination, Odion, a seasoned writer and erstwhile Commissioner for Information successful Edo State, volition service arsenic Executive Commissioner (Operations), portion Ummusalma Isiyaka Rabiu from Kano State volition service arsenic Executive Commissioner (Corporate Services).

Presenting the committee’s findings, Senator Sadiq said some nominees were recovered qualified and competent for the positions, having demonstrated integrity, professionalism, and a beardown knowing of user extortion and marketplace regulation.

He explained that their assignment aligns with the Federal Government’s thrust to beforehand just competition, support user rights, and guarantee a robust regulatory model successful Nigeria’s increasing integer and commercialized sectors.

Following the presentation, the Senate adopted the committee’s study and confirmed some nominees done a unanimous dependable vote.

In a related development, the Senate Committee connected Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, chaired by Senator Adeniyi Adegbonmire, besides presented its study connected the screening of Professor Yusuf Mohammad, who was nominated arsenic Commissioner of the Nigerian Law Reform Commission (NLRC) to correspond the North East geopolitical zone.

Presenting the report, Senator Adegbonmire said the nominee met each law and nonrecreational requirements, noting that helium possesses the acquisition and expertise required to lend efficaciously to the ongoing betterment and modernization of Nigeria’s ineligible framework.

“The committee recovered Professor Yusuf Mohammad eminently qualified and of proven integrity. His assignment volition further fortify the Nigerian Law Reform Commission’s capableness to reappraisal obsolete laws and harmonize them with existent realities,” Adegbonmire said.

The Senate, aft adopting the report, unanimously approved Professor Mohammad’s information done a dependable vote.

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