President Muhammad Buhari has approved the appointment of Senator Gbenga Ashafa as Managing Director Federal Housing Authority FHA and Honourable Abdulmumin Jibrin as Executive Director Business Development in charge of commercial, corporate and social housing with immediate effect.
This was revealed on Twitter by Gawat Jubril, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Lagos State on New Media.
He tweeted:
FLASH: President @MBuhari has approved the appointment of @SenGbengaAshafa as Managing Director Federal Housing Authority FHA and Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin @AbdulAbmJ as Executive Director Business Development in charge of commercial, corporate & social housing with immediate effect.
Until his appointment, Senator Gbenga Ashafa is a dedicated member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), he was a two terms senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District at the National Assembly but was later succeeded by late Senator Bayo Osinowo.
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Meanwhile, Honourable Abdulmumin Jibrin is a prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Kano State and represented the state at the Federal House of Representatives.
FLASH: President @MBuhari has approved the appointment of @SenGbengaAshafa as Managing Director Federal Housing Authority FHA and Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin @AbdulAbmJ as Executive Director Business Development in charge of commercial, corporate & social housing with immediate effect. pic.twitter.com/xhB9y9ifiZ
— Gawat Jubril A. (@Mr_JAGss) August 5, 2020
Jibrin was first elected into the Nigerian National Assembly’s House of Representatives representing Kiru/Bebeji Federal constituency of Kano State under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2011 before decamping to the APC in 2014 and was later re-elected into House of Representatives in 2015.
Jibrin was also the Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Finance in the 7th Assembly with oversight on the Federal Ministry of Finance and its Parastatals, Federal Revenue, Preparation of Revenue framework/Estimate for the Federal budgets, Sovereign Wealth Fund – SWIA, Tax Matters, Fiscal matters, Government investment in banks and Statutory Corporations and Agencies, Insurance and Insurance of Government properties and assets amongst other functions.
He was instrumental in the emergency of the Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila as the Speaker of the House of Representative in 2019.
