{"id":6913,"date":"2025-06-27T16:28:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=6913"},"modified":"2025-06-27T16:28:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:28:29","slug":"senate-confirms-adetunmbi-as-chair-s-west-devt-commission-17-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=6913","title":{"rendered":"Senate confirms Adetunmbi as chair, S\/West devt commission, 17 others"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6910\" src=\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/218127675_4153476298041014_2024741546278523666_n-e1633485824467-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/218127675_4153476298041014_2024741546278523666_n-e1633485824467-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/218127675_4153476298041014_2024741546278523666_n-e1633485824467-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/218127675_4153476298041014_2024741546278523666_n-e1633485824467-750x466.jpg 750w, https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/218127675_4153476298041014_2024741546278523666_n-e1633485824467.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<article class=\"body article__body text-justify\">\n<div><strong>The Senate on Thursday confirmed Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi as the Chairman of the South-West Development Commission (SWDC).<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The red chamber also confirmed Charles Akinola as the Managing Director of the commission, alongside 16 other nominees to serve on the board.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The development was sequel to the consideration and adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on South-West Development Commission, chaired by Senator Yunus Akintunde (APC, Oyo Central).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had last month forwarded the list of nominees to the Senate, requesting their screening and confirmation as members of the SWDC<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The request was read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during plenary and\u00a0 referred to the Senate Committee on South-West Development Commission, which was given one week to report back to plenary.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The board members are Bolaji Ariyo, Joseph Olugbenga,Scholastica Omoworare,Olumuyiwa Olabimtan, Adewinle Martins, Ibrahim Olaifa,Kabiru Lakwaya, Abdul Adamu (Retired General), Arinola Fagbemi, Ukoha Onyekwere, Howell Ihenacho.<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>Also confirmed were Olugbenga Olufehinti \u2013 Executive Director, Projects; Tele Ogunjobi \u2013 Executive Director, Finance; Funmilayo Tejuosho \u2013 Executive Director, Corporate Services; Fatai Ibikunle \u2013 Executive Director, Commercial and Environmental Development and Lateef Ajijola \u2013 Executive Director, Social and Human Capital Development.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate on Thursday confirmed Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi as the Chairman of the South-West Development Commission (SWDC). The red chamber also confirmed Charles Akinola as the Managing Director of the commission, alongside 16 other nominees to serve on the board. The development was sequel to the consideration and adoption of the report of the Senate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v25.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Senate confirms Adetunmbi as chair, S\/West devt commission, 17 others - City Watch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=6913\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senate confirms Adetunmbi as chair, S\/West devt commission, 17 others City Watch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senate confirms Adetunmbi as chair, S\/West devt commission, 17 others City Watch News %\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=6913\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"City Watch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100083282987806\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-27T16:28:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/960px-Seal_of_the_Senate_of_Nigeria.svg.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=6913#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=6913\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/abba855e75bb16b4d97f51adbdc6cb2a\"},\"headline\":\"Senate confirms Adetunmbi as chair, S\/West devt commission, 17 others\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-27T16:28:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=6913\"},\"wordCount\":198,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=6913#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/960px-Seal_of_the_Senate_of_Nigeria.svg.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=6913#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=6913\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=6913\",\"name\":\"Senate confirms Adetunmbi as chair, S\/West devt commission, 17 others - 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