The confirmation came after the Senate Committee on Health’s (Secondary and Tertiary) report was given during a plenary session.
Sen. Banigo Ipalibo (PDP-Rivers West), the committee chairperson, presented the report and recalled that on February 14, the Senate took up President Bola Tinubu’s request to confirm Ohiri’s nomination.
She said it was after this that the Senate referred the request to the committee for further legislative action.
Ipalibo said the committee carefully scrutinised the Curriculum Vitae presented by the nominee and ascertained that he is qualified and suitable for the job.
“The nominee is well experienced and adequately exposed at the top international and domestic levels and has the capacity to function as the director-general of the NHIA,’’ Ipalibo added.
In his remarks, President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio urged Ohiri to continue to apply his wisdom and expertise on the job to move the nation forward. (NAN)
