The Nationwide Council of State has authorized the appointment of Dr. Aminu Yusuf from Niger State as the brand new chairman of the Nationwide Inhabitants Fee (NPC) and likewise endorsed the grant of presidential clemency to 175 inmates throughout the nation.
Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, disclosed this to State Home correspondents after the Council of State assembly held on Thursday on the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
In keeping with him, the Council’s resolution adopted suggestions by President Bola Tinubu, who presided over the assembly.
“Right now, ninth October 2025, the Council of State assembly was held earlier, and one of many main selections taken was the appointment of the Chairman of the Nationwide Inhabitants Fee,” Governor Sani mentioned. “The individual appointed based mostly on the advice by Mr. President, who chaired the Council of State, is Dr. Aminu Yusuf from Niger State.”
He added that the Council additionally authorized the appointment of Alhaji Tonga Betara Bularafa because the Federal Commissioner representing Yobe State on the Fee.
Each appointments, he mentioned, obtained unanimous approval from the members of the Council.
“In attendance had been former Presidents and Heads of State, Generals Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar, in addition to governors and different members of the Council,” the Kaduna governor acknowledged.
Governor Sani additional defined that the Council additionally deliberated on the report of the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy, which was offered by the Legal professional-Common of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), on behalf of the President.
“After deliberation, the Council unanimously authorized the suggestions for the completely different classes of the prerogative of mercy,” he mentioned.
He gave a breakdown of the clemency selections as follows: 82 inmates had been granted presidential pardon, 65 had their jail phrases diminished, whereas seven demise sentences had been commuted to life imprisonment.
“The overall quantity authorized underneath the prerogative of mercy is 175, as advisable by Mr. President and offered to the Council by the Legal professional-Common and Minister of Justice,” he mentioned.
Governor Sani added that each gadgets — the appointments and the clemency approvals — had been deliberated upon and agreed to unanimously by the Council.
