BREAKING: Senate asked to confirm Shaba as DG NASRDA

President Buhari instructs Senate to confirm the appointment of Dr Halilu Shaba Ahmad as the new Director-General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (DG NASRDA).

Buhari has urged lawmakers to give it accelerated consideration as contained in the letter from the President read on the floor of the Senate by the President of the Senate on Tuesday.

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While Dr Ahmad has been in an acting capacity as DG NASRDA since the two-term tenure of Professor Seidu Mohammed expired in June 2020, the Agency had on July 2, 2019, announced the appointment of Mr Jonathan Angulu as the acting Director-General to facilitate a seamless transition process between the outgone DG and an incoming one.

In the light of the permanent what could be a permanent hand over, Jonathan handed over to Ahmad two days earlier to continue in an acting capacity until the Federal Government appointed a substantive Director-General.

Dr Ahmed has previously served in various notable positions such as the Director, Strategic Space Applications, and as a Deputy Director at the National Emergency Management Agency between 2006 to 2009, before joining NASRDA.