President Bola Tinubu has appointed Ambassador Desmond Akawor as the Federal Commissioner of the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).
In a statement made available by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, Akawor is pending confirmation from the Nigerian Senate.
According to the statement, the new RMAFC Federal Commissioner, who represents Rivers State, is appointed following the tragic demise of the immediate past RMAFC Federal Commissioner from Rivers State, Hon. Asondu Wenah Temple earlier this month.
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Ambassador Akawor is a decorated public servant who has served the nation as Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Korea; Minister of State of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT); Sole Administrator of the Greater Port Harcourt Development Authority; CEO, Niger Delta River Basin Development Authority, and Executive Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (Engineering & Technical Services).
However, President Tinubu tasked him to deploy his robust experience across tiers of government toward the comprehensive reformation of processes that will ensure the most efficient and productive utilization of allocations to all three tiers of government in Nigeria.
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