THE embattled former chairman of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on investigation of oil subsidy regime, Farouk Lawan has been sacked as chairman of the House Committee on Education.
Lawan's hope of regaining his status was yesterday dashed as the Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal announced the appointment of Aminu Suleiman (PDP, Kano) as the substantive chairman of the committee.
Tambuwal also appointed deputy chairmen for six other committees.
Until his appointment Thursday, Sulaiman was the deputy chairman of the Committee on Labour and Productivity.
Rose Okoh (PDP, Cross River), Deputy chairman of the committee had been operating in acting capacity until yesterday.
Announcing the changes, Speaker Tambuwal said that the appointment is with immediate effect.
Farouk Lawan was suspended at a special plenary of the House in June 2012 after billionaire oil marketer, Chief Femi Otedola alleged that the former chairman collected a $620,000 bribe from him to facilitate the removal of his companies: Zenon oil and Synopsis international from the list of erring companies in the subsidy regime.
