Tinubu Swears In RMAFC, NPC Commissioners, Holds FEC Meeting

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, swore in two new Federal Commissioners of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).

The President also swore in newly appointed Federal Commissioners of the National Population Commission (NPC).

The swearing-in was done at the Council Chamber of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa.

Naija News reports that among those inaugurated for the RMAFC were Amina Gamawa (Bauchi State) and a former Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Abdullahi Mukhtar Mohammed (Kaduna State). Both took the oath of office as federal commissioners for the RMAFC.

For the National Population Commission, six new commissioners were sworn in. They are:

Kolawole Oladipupo Alabi – Ekiti State
Nasiru Mu’azu – Zamfara State
Isaka Alada Yahaya – Kwara State
Prof. Sadiq Isah Radda – Katsina State
Suleiman Umar – Jigawa State
Chiso Abdullahi Dattijo – Sokoto State

Following the swearing-in, President Tinubu presided over a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.

The FEC meeting, which is the first in about two months, was attended by Vice President Kashim Shettima, cabinet ministers, and other senior government officials.

Meanwhile, former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has described the attempt to deregister the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), through judicial means, as evidence of the desperate determination of President Bola Tinubu to impose a one-party state in Nigeria.

Atiku said the move is also against the democratic wishes and aspirations of Nigerians.

According to him, President Tinubu is afraid of a free and fair 2027 election.

Naija News recalls that a Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, set aside its earlier judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party.

Justice Isah Dashen, who delivered the ruling on Friday, held that the court’s December 10, 2025, judgment adversely affected the rights of the Peace Movement Party, which was not joined as a party in the suit.

Reacting to the development, Atiku said he is not surprised by the disturbing situation, which may have grave consequences if the sinister plot to weaken opposition parties to help Tinubu have his way in the 2027 election comes to fruition.

According to Atiku in a statement on Saturday by his media office, the participation of citizens in a free, fair and credible poll is the soul of democracy, and any attempt to stifle such freedom of choice could be a trigger to chaos and anarchy.