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Other members of the committee are Senators Orji Kalu, Seriake Dickson, Ned Nwoko, Osita Izunaso, and Augustine Akobundu, among others.

Our correspondent gathered that it was a case of ‘Take a Bow and Go’ decision unanimously taken by the senators based on the recommendations of the Chairman Senate Committee on ICT and Cybersecurity and Senator representing Ogun Central, ShuaibSalisu, and the physical presence of Senator Olamilekan Adeola, who is the Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriation and Senator representing Ogun West.

Amosun, in a statement on Sunday, while speaking on the value he hopes to add to the commission, said that the centre and the federating units needed more revenue to execute laudable capital and infrastructure projects.

He vowed to use his tenure to drive revenue growth by scouting, identifying and recommending alternative sources of revenue into the Federation Account for sharing among the beneficiaries.

Amosun added, “I will deepen the oversight and monitoring functions of the commission in the areas of revenue generation and mobilisation, provide a robust ideal to block leakages in various sectors and parastatals and departments of government. As Nigeria needs more revenue, I believe my tenure will see to this drive.

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