Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the appointment of Abubakar Abdullahi Uthman as chairman of the state’s Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC).
The appointment was contained in a statement issued by Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor which was obtained by InsightMedia on Tuesday.
Uthman is a graduate from the University of Jos. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1982.
He had served the public in various capacities, including as chairman of the Federal Government’s Investigative Committee on the Nigerian Railway Corporation’s Landed Properties in 2010-2011 and Chairman of Local Government Election Tribunal Dutse, Jigawa State, in 1996.
Other members of the Commission are former Commissioner for Environment Mrs. Oyedun Juliana Funke; former banker and grassroots politician Alhaji Yusuf AbdulGaniyu Aremu; and retired teacher Abdul Gana Lukpada.
