President Bola Tinubu on Thursday swore within the Chairman and Commissioners of the Federal Character Fee on the State Home, Abuja.
The brand new FCC Chairman, Hulayat Omidiran, took the oath of workplace alongside 37 commissioners representing the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory at about 4:48 pm.
Omidiran, 59, a former two-term member of the Home of Representatives who represented Ayedaade/Irewole/Isokan Federal Constituency of Osun State from 2011 to 2019, succeeds Muheeba Dankaka, whose tenure the Presidency described as “dogged by controversy.”
The Ikire-born politician holds a Bachelor’s diploma in Biochemistry from Ahmadu Bello College, Zaria, and has expertise in legislative and sports administration.
She beforehand served as Deputy Chairman of the Home Committee on Sports and held positions together with board membership of the Nigeria Soccer Federation, Chairperson of the NFF Girls’s Soccer Committee, membership of the FIFA Girls’s Soccer Committee and repair on the Board of Trustees of the Nigeria Olympic Committee.
Omidiran can also be the founding father of Omidiran Babes Soccer Membership, a feminine soccer membership based mostly in Osogbo, Osun State, established in 1997.
Tinubu appointed her on August 11, 2025, after initially asserting the reappointment of Dankaka for a second time period earlier the identical day.
The Senate confirmed her appointment on November 27, 2025, following statutory vetting processes, together with safety screening and her look earlier than the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs on October 30.
Mohammed Musa was additionally appointed as Secretary of the fee.
These sworn in as commissioners embrace Peter Eze (Enugu), AbdulWasiu Bawalla (Lagos), Obinna Oriaku (Abia), Lawal Roni (Jigawa), Abubakar Bunu (Kebbi), Eludayo Eluyemi (Osun), Bema Madayi (Adamawa), Dora Ebong (Akwa Ibom), Nnoli Gloria (Anambra) and Babangida Gwana (Bauchi).
Others are Tonye Okio (Bayelsa), Aligba Tarkende (Benue), Modu Mustapha (Borno), Stella Ekpo (Cross River), Ederin Idisi (Delta), Nwokpor Vincent Nduka (Ebonyi), Victor Sabor Edoror (Edo), Sola Fokanle (Ekiti), Ibrahim Baba Mairiga (Gombe), Jerry Alagbaoso (Imo), Ruth Ango (Kaduna), Muhammad Awwal Nayya (Kano), Anas Isah (Katsina), Bello Idris Eneye (Kogi), Ibrahim Abdullahi (Kwara), Kayode Oladele (Ogun), Isah Jibrin (Niger), Ajimudu Bola (Ondo), Prince Ayodeji Abas Aleshinloye (Oyo), Pam Bolman (Plateau), Aaron Chukwuemeka (Rivers), Aminu Tambar (Sokoto), Bobboi Kaigama (Taraba), Jibir Maigari (Yobe), Sani Garba (Zamfara), and Solomon Dagami (FCT).
The Federal Character Fee, established by Act No. 34 of 1996 and enshrined in Sections 14 and 153 of the 1999 Structure, is remitted to make sure honest distribution of public posts and socio-economic infrastructure amongst Nigeria’s federating items.
It’s empowered to formulate equitable pointers for appointments into the civil and public service, safety businesses and authorities parastatals, and to sanction heads of businesses that violate the federal character precept.
The ceremony was attended by the Chief of Employees to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, Minister of Strong Minerals Improvement, Dele Alake, and different senior officers.