Akpabio names Musa Mustapha as senate committee chairman on livestock development

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has carried out a minor shake-up of the standing committees of the upper legislative chamber.

Akpabio made the changes on Wednesday after Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, was removed as the chief whip and replaced with Tahir Monguno, the senator representing Borno north.

The senate president appointed Musa Mustapha, the senator representing Yobe east, to head the committee on livestock development.

The development came about a week after President Bola Tinubu hinted at creating a ministry of livestock development.

Akpabio also announced Adeniyi Adegbonmire, the senator representing Ondo central, as the new chairman of the judiciary and legal matters committee.

Monguno was the chairman of the judiciary and legal matters committee before he was nominated as the chief whip.

“The chairman of the senate committee on the proposed reparation and repatriation becomes Senator Ned Nwoko,” Akpabio said.

“The deputy chairman of the senate committee on appropriation lies with senator Mohammed Monguno in addition to being the chief whip of the senate.”

The senate president named Simon Lalong and Abdul Ningi as chairmen of the senate committee on agricultural institutions and national population, respectively.