Nami, Danbatta, Amaechi, Fashola, others, named among Top 10 Legacy Drivers of the Buhari Era

Nigeria’s foremost monthly publication, The Top10 Magazine, has released the list of the 10 most outstanding drivers of Buhari’s legacy projects and programmes to mark the end of the eight years administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

In the latest edition titled “Top 10 Legacy Drivers of the Buhari Era (2015-2023)” the magazine looks at the stakes and contributions of appointed public officials under the Buhari administration who have distinguished themselves as star performers by delivering on their mandates in line with the President’s 'Change' mantra.

Leading the list are Dr. Muhammad Nami, Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, Minister of Works and Housing, Dr. Ali Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications & Digital Economy.

Others are; Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd.), Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdulrasheed Bawa, Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, Director-General and Chief Executive Officer, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar/CEO, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Brig-Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa (Rtd), Chairman & CEO, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), In a release issued by The Top10 Magazine, the Publisher, Mr Tony Iji, stated that, “In line with our tradition of celebrating 10 leading lights

Tribunal dismisses PDP’s petition against Niger APC Senator

From Yakubu Mustapha Minna in every endeavour, this edition of the magazine which was put together to mark the end of President Buahri’s eight years administration is aimed at celebrating top 10 Public officials who have distinguished themselves with proven track record of accomplishments, credibility and successes recorded by the administration of President Buhari as the elected President of Nigeria between 2015 and 2023."

Niger State Senatorial tribunal sitting in Minna has dismissed application of the the People’s Democratic Party and its candidate, Shehu Mohammed Abdullahi in favour of the INEC, Niger North Senatorelect and the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The chairman of the tribunal, Justice Angela Ataluka in her ruling said the petitioner’s application to call for additional ninety seven witnesses aside earlier eight witnesses in prove of the case is dismissed for lack of competence.

She explained that the application was filed outside twenty one days limit for the filing of election petition and to allow same will be contrary to the twenty one days limit provided by the constitution and the electoral act 2022 as amended.

The INEC leading Counsel, Tunde Babalola (SAN), Counsel to the Niger North senator elect Abubakar Sani Bello, M.S Ibrahim (SAN) and the APC Counsel C.P Ocheja who are the first, second and third respondents vehemently opposed to the application to call for additional ninety seven witnesses.

Justice Ataluka after carefully listening to both defendants and petitioners’ argument dismissed the application accordingly.

He explained that, “in spite of many challenges faced by the administration, it was able to record milestone achievements in different areas, and credit must be given to those public officials under his administration who were instrumental to the successes recorded by Buhari in the eight years of his stewardship.”

Mr. Iji stated that, “as usual, selecting the top 10 out of many short listed appointees was not an easy task but our editorial board was able to devise a selection criterion based on those who played key roles in resource mobilization, utilization and new capacity building in the economy to arrive at our final top 10 selected for this publication.”

He said that celebrating the few that have distinguished themselves among hundreds of other public officials that served under the Buhari era between 2015-2023 "is our little way of encouraging good governance in Nigeria."

The Top 10 Magazine is a Lagos-based monthly publication by Toncam Communications Limited, conceived as a platform to celebrate excellence by individuals and organizations who distinguish themselves in their chosen endeavours.