President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Abike Dabiri-Erewa as chairman and chief executive officer of the National Diaspora Commission.
Senate President Bukola Saraki read the president’s letter seeking legislative approval for the appointment during Senate plenary on Tuesday.
Dabiri-Erewa, who is currently the senior special adviser to the president on foreign affairs and diaspora, represented the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Lagos in the House of Representatives from 2003-2015.
While she was at the House of Representatives, Dabiri-Erewa on a different occasion, chaired of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs and House Committee on Media & Publicity.
The journalist turned politician was appointed senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on foreign affairs and diaspora in 2015 after voluntarily dropping her ambition to seek a third term to the lower chamber of the National Assembly.
