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President Tinubu Appoints Akawor RMAFC Federal Commissioner

Until his appointment, Akawor served as Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Korea…

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President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, appointed, Mr Desmond Akawor, to serve as a Federal Commissioner, representing Rivers State – of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, pending confirmation by the Senate.

VerseNews reports that Akawor was appointed “following the tragic demise of the immediate past RMAFC Federal Commissioner from Rivers State, Asondu Temple earlier this month,” a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed.

The statement is titled ‘President Tinubu approves appointment of RMAFC Federal Commissioner.’

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Until his appointment, Akawor served as Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Korea; Minister of State of the Federal Capital Territory; 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).

The President tasked the new Federal Commissioner to “deploy his robust experience across tiers of government toward the comprehensive reformation of processes that will ensure the most efficient and productive utilisation of allocations to all three tiers of government in Nigeria.”

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