… Appoints Ibrahim Sidi acting Clerk of House of Representatives
ABUJA: The National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) has confirmed the appointment of Mr. Emmanuel Odo as the substantive Clerk of the Senate and also approved the appointment of Mr. Ibrahim Sidi as Acting Clerk of the House of Representatives.
The decisions reached at the Commission’s 19th meeting held in Abuja was disclosed in a press release signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Mr. E. N. Anyigor, on behalf of the Executive Chairman of the Commission, in Abuja.
Mr. Odo had earlier been elevated to the position of Acting Clerk of the Senate on September 16, 2025, before his confirmation.
Mr. Ibrahim Sidi, previously a Director of Administration in the National Assembly, was appointed Acting Clerk of the House of Representatives with effect from February 9, 2026.
He will succeed Dr. Yahaya Danzariya, who is due to retire from the National Assembly Service on February 8, 2026.
In the same vein, the Commission approved the appointment of several officers as Acting Secretaries to various directorates.
Those appointed include Fortune Ihuamaduenyi as Acting Secretary, Protocol and Inter-Parliamentary Relations; Asien Fatima Nana as Acting Secretary, Zonal Liaison Offices; Engr. Bashir Layya as Acting Secretary, Estate and Works, effective February 3, 2026; Siyaka Wahab Sadiq as Deputy Clerk (Legislative), House of Representatives; and Dauda Bulama Bukar as Deputy Clerk (Administration), House of Representatives.
The Commission also approved the redeployment of some senior officers.
Mofoluwake Ogunbayo was redeployed from the Directorate of Special Duties and Parliamentary Security to serve as Secretary, Procurement and Supplies.
Kehinde Amos moved from Deputy Clerk, Human Resources (Legislative) to Deputy Clerk, Senate (Legislative), while Atiku Ibrahim was redeployed from Procurement and Supplies to Secretary, Finance and Accounts.
Others redeployed include Vivien Njemanze, from Deputy Clerk, Human Resources (Administration) to Deputy Clerk, Senate (Administration), and Andrew Nwoba, from Zonal Liaison Offices to Secretary, Special Duties and Parliamentary Security.
The Commission stated that apart from the appointments of Mr. Ibrahim Sidi and Engr. Bashir Layya, all other appointments and redeployments take immediate effect.
