The Senate has confirmed Mrs. Ronke Sokefun as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC. Other nominees confirmed by the Senate include Festus Keyamo, Alhaji Garba Bello, Brigadier-General Josef O. J. Okoloagu, Mustapha Adewale Mudashiru and Adewale W. Adeleke.
The Senate made the confirmation on receiving the report of the Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions led by Senator Rafiu Ibrahim.
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, advised the confirmed Board of the NDIC to live up to expectations. “This is a very serious agency and as such, I congratulate the chairman and members on their confirmation and I do hope that these very responsible Nigerians will live up to the expectations of this Senate and serve their Fatherland responsibly,” Elweremadu declared.