Olatunde replaces Omolori as National Assembly clerk

The chairman of the National Assembly Service Commission, Ahmed Kadi Amshi, on Friday evening announced the decision to appoint Ojo Amos Olatunde as the acting clerk in place of the embattled clerk, Mohammed Ataba Sani-Omolori.

Amshi in a statement revealed that the decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the Commission which held on Friday.

Speaking on the legality of the appointment, Amshi said the commission relied on its powers derived from section 6(b) of the National Assembly Service Act 2014 (as Amended).

Other appointments approved at the emergency meeting are those of Bala Yabani Mohammed as Acting Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly; Dauda Ibrahim El-Ladan as Acting Clerk, Senate;

Also, Patrick .A. Giwa is to remain Clerk, House of Representatives pending his retirement in November 2020 while Yusuf Asir Danbatta was appointed Acting Secretary to the National Assembly Service Commission.