A man nominated last week by President Muhammadu Buhari as commissioner in the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) was once rejected for the same position by the Senate over shady academic records, PREMIUM TIMES can report.


Aliyu Abubakar was named among five nominees sent by President Buhari as announced by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on the Senate’s floor penultimate Tuesday.

This was the second time the Bauchi-born Mr Abubakar is tapped for the plum job. He is proposed to represent the North-east on the NCC board.

Mr Abubakar was first nominated in 2016 for the position but was rejected by lawmakers in November of that year.


He was rejected along with a former speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Yisa Ezekiel, whose qualification as a nurse posed a hitch for him to satisfy the criteria.

The lawmakers hinged their decision on Mr Abubakar’s lack of adequate training and experience, as stipulated by the law. They also questioned the genuineness of the available documents he presented for screening.

Mr Abubakar’s paraded qualification of diploma in computer falls short of the requirement of the NCC Act for commissioners of the telecom regulator.


The Act stipulates that appointees for that role must have qualification and experience in stated relevant fields.

The listed expertise areas are finance or accounting; law; consumer affairs; telecommunications engineering; information technology; engineering generally; economics; and public administration.

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“So there is no way someone who does not possess the basic skills or expertise to key into our vision for a sustainable communications industry could have been cleared to serve on the board.

“For instance, one was a career nurse and the other was a holder of a one-year diploma in computer as highest qualification. The question is: what inputs would they be making towards consolidating on the on-going improvements in the agency,” a Senate report noted at the time.

In raising doubts over the credibility of his claimed qualification and experience, the lawmakers said Mr Aliyu was “a candidate who is not prepared for the demands of the office such as required” of the NCC job

A Senate committee headed by Gilbert Nnaji said Mr Abubakar could not produce credible educational certificates for the committee to verify at the screening.

“He obviously lacks the professional and educational disciplines provided in section 7(1) (a-h) of the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 which stipulates the qualification of the Commission’s Board”, Mr Nnaji said then.

The committee queried the Police Extract and Court Affidavit Mr Abubakar submitted for the loss of his School Certificates, dated September 21, 2016.

The committee expressed suspicion of Mr Abubakar’s claim that the documents got lost on September 19, 2016, well after he had been nominated for the position.

Mr Nnaji said the nominee only collected his diploma in computer studies, completed at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in 2000, in September 2016.

“For his Diploma in Computer Studies completed at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in 2000, Mr Aliyu Abubakar ultimately collected the result in September 2016 because, according to him, he did not see any reason for its collection as he never intended to do any government job with it”, Mr Nnaji said.

Controversial figure
Memorable narrative from Mr Abubakar’s Senate hearing at the time was his heated encounter with the lawmakers over his strong censure of the Senate in the past.

The nominee, who was confronted with evidence of his criticism of the legislative arm of the government, including leading protests at the gates of the National Assembly, owned up to the position and proceeded to defend his stance.

He flayed the Senate as extravagant and called for its scrapping.

Mr Abubakar said “the senate is an avenue for wastage of scarce economic resources of the country” and should be abolished to save the country’s finances.”

It is unclear what action the current Senate will take on the nominee.

Inquiries put to Garba Shehu, a spokesperson of the president, on why Mr Buhari renominated Mr Abubakar despite the Senate’s damning report, was not answered.

A text message sent by this reporter on Mr Shehu’s request is yet to be replied.


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Which is why d nation is stuck where it is; in absolute chaos and confusion... What do U expect from a President who himself had shady WAEC results? His govt will definitely b made up of all shades of incompetence.. D cabals have spoken..

Like poles attract. Unlike poles repel.

PMB now has a NAss he can bully, so he feels any trash he sends to the NAss would be passed without questions...

Cow does not give birth to lion.

Buhari can never put credible people in positions of power because of his archaic reasoning and religious bigotry...

With the rubber stamp Senate we have now... I expect him to sink the country more into poverty and penury

I don't blame the jihadist

Rather blame the people who claimed to be educated but chant sai barber like headless chickens every chance they get. ..

A good day to blame Buhari.

Wailers over to u

Hazy academic record, but still endored by Buhari, buhari does'nt have a damn academic record so no problem.

Okoroawusa:
A good day to blame Buhari.


Wailers over to u

so in the whole of the north east nobody is qualified beyond diploma in computer ba.

Make I block dis space make no see front praise him daddy

Thank God he's gone. Oniranu oshi

Sarrki what do you think?

FarahAideed:
Sarrki what do you think?

unfortunately, he doesn't think.

Check my Sig.

writefreely:
unfortunately, he doesn't think.

Check my Sig.

With your shady deal

Who will check your sig

My people be aware of fraudulent activities

FarahAideed:
Sarrki what do you think?

I think you should reason well before commenting

Coz Buhari is not the cause of your problem

If I may ask

Who is your state Governor?

sarrki:


I think you should reason well before commenting

Coz Buhari is not the cause of your problem

If I may ask

Who is your state Governor?

Governor Sanwon Olu

FarahAideed:


Governor Sanwon Olu

How is he doing so far ?

Don’t forget he’s a product of your arch enemies ( Tinubu And Buhari

sarrki:



How is he doing so far ?

Don’t forget he’s a product of your arch enemies ( Tinubu And Buhari

Ambode first 60 days was better be truthful ..Tinubu is not my arch enemy ..I have always maintained Buhari is the problem of Nigeria

ivandragon:
A man nominated last week by President Muhammadu Buhari as commissioner in the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) was once rejected for the same position by the Senate over shady academic records, PREMIUM TIMES can report.


Aliyu Abubakar was named among five nominees sent by President Buhari as announced by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on the Senate’s floor penultimate Tuesday.

This was the second time the Bauchi-born Mr Abubakar is tapped for the plum job. He is proposed to represent the North-east on the NCC board.

Mr Abubakar was first nominated in 2016 for the position but was rejected by lawmakers in November of that year.


He was rejected along with a former speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Yisa Ezekiel, whose qualification as a nurse posed a hitch for him to satisfy the criteria.

The lawmakers hinged their decision on Mr Abubakar’s lack of adequate training and experience, as stipulated by the law. They also questioned the genuineness of the available documents he presented for screening.

Mr Abubakar’s paraded qualification of diploma in computer falls short of the requirement of the NCC Act for commissioners of the telecom regulator.


The Act stipulates that appointees for that role must have qualification and experience in stated relevant fields.

The listed expertise areas are finance or accounting; law; consumer affairs; telecommunications engineering; information technology; engineering generally; economics; and public administration.

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“For instance, one was a career nurse and the other was a holder of a one-year diploma in computer as highest qualification. The question is: what inputs would they be making towards consolidating on the on-going improvements in the agency,” a Senate report noted at the time.

In raising doubts over the credibility of his claimed qualification and experience, the lawmakers said Mr Aliyu was “a candidate who is not prepared for the demands of the office such as required” of the NCC job

A Senate committee headed by Gilbert Nnaji said Mr Abubakar could not produce credible educational certificates for the committee to verify at the screening.

“He obviously lacks the professional and educational disciplines provided in section 7(1) (a-h) of the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 which stipulates the qualification of the Commission’s Board”, Mr Nnaji said then.

The committee queried the Police Extract and Court Affidavit Mr Abubakar submitted for the loss of his School Certificates, dated September 21, 2016.

The committee expressed suspicion of Mr Abubakar’s claim that the documents got lost on September 19, 2016, well after he had been nominated for the position.

Mr Nnaji said the nominee only collected his diploma in computer studies, completed at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in 2000, in September 2016.

“For his Diploma in Computer Studies completed at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in 2000, Mr Aliyu Abubakar ultimately collected the result in September 2016 because, according to him, he did not see any reason for its collection as he never intended to do any government job with it”, Mr Nnaji said.

Controversial figure
Memorable narrative from Mr Abubakar’s Senate hearing at the time was his heated encounter with the lawmakers over his strong censure of the Senate in the past.

The nominee, who was confronted with evidence of his criticism of the legislative arm of the government, including leading protests at the gates of the National Assembly, owned up to the position and proceeded to defend his stance.

He flayed the Senate as extravagant and called for its scrapping.

Mr Abubakar said “the senate is an avenue for wastage of scarce economic resources of the country” and should be abolished to save the country’s finances.”

It is unclear what action the current Senate will take on the nominee.

Inquiries put to Garba Shehu, a spokesperson of the president, on why Mr Buhari renominated Mr Abubakar despite the Senate’s damning report, was not answered.

A text message sent by this reporter on Mr Shehu’s request is yet to be replied.


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Buhari is not the problem of this country, the hungry and lazy youth are.
Imagine someone who has never seen the four corners of lecture hall serving as commissioner in telecommunications industry while thousands of graduates in the field are jobless.
The same people who are denied of their right are the ones defending this rubbish. In a couple of weeks, Nigerians will appreciate Saraki's led senate.

Nok

This is the more reason why this country can never grow.

Believe me, if these same set of people who dont even have the minimum qualification to move a particular portfolio forward, why do you think such institution would grow.

Nigeria is a know man know man country, so I am not expecting anything good from this country.

God would purnish all the generation of all the people that have ruled us from past to present.

This is not a curse but believe me, whatever you sow you shall reap, you cant toy with people who suffered to vote for you even under the rain and go unpunished and even go to the length of stealing their future wealth to build mansion that would collapse on you one day.

Dont get it twisted Nigeria can never be great, you all should stop day dreaming.

sarrki:


I think you should reason well before commenting

Coz Buhari is not the cause of your problem

If I may ask

Who is your state Governor?

God bless you for this mature response Patriot.

God bless Nigeria.

Before I opened the thread I know sey na him fellow habooooooiki.

so.....?

should we fry beans

M