Senate confirms Ahmed Lawan Kuru, others as MD, EDs of AMCON

The senate confirmed the nomination of Ahmed Lawan Kuru for reappointment as the Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporate of Nigeria (AMCON).

The Upper Chamber also approved the reappointed of Eberechukwu Uneze and Aminu Ismail as Executive Directors of AMCON.

The approval of the Senate followed the presentation of the report of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other financial Institutions by its Chairman, Senator Uba Sani (Kaduna Central) during plenary.

Sani in his presentation said that the nominees were found to have performed their roles creditably during screening.

He therefore recommended that the nominees be confirmed for appointment.

Senators approved the recommendations of the committee when they were put to voice vote by the Senate President Ahmad Lawan.

Lawan in his remarks noted that the nominees had performed and urged them to perform better during this their last and final tenure.

The upper chamber also approved the nomination of Bello Hassan and Mustapha Mohammed Ibrahim for appointment as the Managing Director and Executive Director respectively of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC).