The Senate approved Abdullahi Bello’s nomination as Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau under Section 154 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution (as amended).
The confirmation followed the submission of a report of the Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions, Imasuen, Neda Bernards (Edo South).
His confirmation comes after he was appointed by President Bola Tinubu in March, and he was screened by the Senate on Tuesday.
Bello told the committee that he would make the country proud by carrying out his duties at the bureau.
According to him, the work is about ensuring integrity, transparency and accountability among public and civil servants.
Bello has more than 25 years of work experience in consulting, banking, law enforcement, financial services, and academia.
According to presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale ,”The President anticipates that the new Chairman, upon confirmation by the Senate, will lead the Bureau with utmost integrity toward the realization of its mandate of maintaining high standards of public morality in the conduct of government business and ensuring that the actions and behaviour of public officers conform to the highest standards of morality and accountability’’
