Senator Ajibola Basiru, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, speaks on the activities of Senate committees, agenda of the ninth National assembly and other national issues. A statutory mandate to review the Act was never complied with for decades and the country lost valuable revenue. It deleted Section 16 of the Act which provided for the trigger for a review of the Act. As Chairman, Senate Committee on Diaspora, my immediate concern then was how to enhance the capacity of the Diaspora Commission which his Committee has direct oversight function on. On the 28th day of April, 2020 the Senate President announced my appointment as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs after about one year in the saddle as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Diaspora, Non-Governmental Organisations and Civil Societies.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 27, 2021 02:15 UTC