Senate has confirmed the appointment of Oritsemeyiwa Amanorisewo Eyesan as the Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission.
It also confirmed Saidu Aliyu Mohammed as CEO of Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Agency.
The appointments confirmed at plenary was sequel to the recommendation of the Joint committees on Petroleum Upstream, Downstream and Gas.
President Bola Tinubu appointed the Eyesan and Aliyu on Wednesday to fill the vacancy created following the resignation of the erstwhile heads of the two Regulators.
The letter for the confirmation request from the President was transmitted to the senate on Thursday.
The confirmation process was expedited and done within 24 hours.
