President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday asked the Senate to confirm his nominee Mohammed Shehu, as the Chairman of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).
Buhari’s request was contained in a letter from Buhari which was read at plenary on Wednesday by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.
Also on the floor of the Senate, Senators Francis Ezenwa Onyewuchi (Imo East) and Haliru Dauda Jika (Bauchi Central) defected from their political parties.
Onyewuchi decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to Labour Party while Jika moved from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
Their letters of defection were read on the floor by the Senate President.
The lawmakers cited the lack of transparent internal politics in their former political parties as the reason for their actions.