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The National Assembly Service Commission has appointed Olatunde Ojo as acting clerk of the national assembly.
The appointment comes a day after the commission queried the former clerk, Mohammed Sani-Omolori for refusing to retire after 35 years in service.
The commission had approved the retirement of Sani-Omolori but he rejected it, saying the eighth assembly had approved tenure extension for him.
The previous assembly amended the conditions of service of members of staff of the national assembly.
The federal legislators increased the retirement age for the staff to 65 years or 40 years of pensionable service.
However, Ahmed Amshi, chairman of the commission, in a statement on Friday said Olatunde was appointed as acting clerk after an emergency meeting.
Bala Yabani Mohammed was appointed acting deputy clerk of the national assembly, and Dauda Ibrahim El-Ladan was made acting clerk of the senate.
Patrick Giwa was retained as clerk of the House of Representatives until his retirement in November.
Also, Yusuf Asir Danbatta was appointed as acting secretary to the commission.
“All appointments are with immediate effect,” Amshi said