{"id":162398,"date":"2025-05-14T12:10:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T11:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/plateau-group-rejects-tinubus-nominee-for-north-central-development-commission"},"modified":"2025-05-14T13:16:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T12:16:05","slug":"plateau-group-rejects-tinubus-nominee-for-north-central-development-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/plateau-group-rejects-tinubus-nominee-for-north-central-development-commission","title":{"rendered":"Plateau group rejects Tinubu\u2019s nominee for North Central Development Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A group, Concerned Plateau Youth Forum, has rejected the nomination of Mr. Cyril Tsenyil as the Managing Director of the newly established North Central Development Commission (NCDC).<\/p>\n<p>The Commission, recently established by the National Assembly, is tasked with coordinating and accelerating development in states within the region.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson of the group, Danladi Pam, in a statement issued Wednesday urged President Bola Tinubu to immediately withdraw the nomination.<\/p>\n<p>The group alleged that Tsenyil\u2019s appointment was politically influenced and does not reflect the collective interest of the people of Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p>Tsenyil, who served as the Plateau State Accountant General during Senator Simon Lalong\u2019s administration as Governor of Plateau State, was nominated for the top position in the Commission through Lalong\u2019s influence.<\/p>\n<p>The group was of the opinion that the nomination \u201csmacks of favoritism, cronyism, and total disregard for competence and broad-based representation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It added: \u201cMr. Tsenyil\u2019s nomination is not only unpopular among Plateau people, but it is also an insult to the collective sensibilities of the North Central region,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can such a strategic and sensitive position be handed to someone simply because he served as an accountant to Senator Lalong?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat were his records during his tenure as accountant? We are calling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to withdraw this nomination immediately and ensure a more inclusive, transparent process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group further disclosed that it was preparing a formal protest letter to the leadership of the National Assembly, urging both the Senate and the House of Representatives to reject Tsenyil\u2019s confirmation when his nomination comes up for screening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are submitting a detailed petition to the National Assembly, highlighting why Mr. Tsenyil should not be confirmed. The North Central deserves better. We deserve a competent, visionary, and widely acceptable leader to steer the affairs of the Commission,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p>The group emphasised the need for merit-based appointments to avoid repeating the mistakes of similar commissions in the past.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A group, Concerned Plateau Youth Forum, has rejected the nomination of Mr. Cyril Tsenyil as the Managing Director of the newly established North Central Development Commission (NCDC). The Commission, recently established by the National Assembly, is tasked with coordinating and accelerating development in states within the region. The spokesperson of the group, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":162397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254,191,945],"class_list":["post-162398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria","tag-plateau","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Plateau group rejects Tinubu\u2019s nominee for North Central Development Commission - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A group, Concerned Plateau Youth Forum, has rejected the nomination of Mr. Cyril Tsenyil as the Managing Director of the ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/plateau-group-rejects-tinubus-nominee-for-north-central-development-commission\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Plateau group rejects Tinubu\u2019s nominee for North Central Development Commission\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A group, Concerned Plateau Youth Forum, has rejected the nomination of Mr. Cyril Tsenyil as the Managing Director of the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/plateau-group-rejects-tinubus-nominee-for-north-central-development-commission\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-14T11:10:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-14T12:16:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747212390.198528.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/plateau-group-rejects-tinubus-nominee-for-north-central-development-commission#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/plateau-group-rejects-tinubus-nominee-for-north-central-development-commission\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Plateau group rejects Tinubu\u2019s nominee for North Central Development Commission\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-14T11:10:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-14T12:16:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/plateau-group-rejects-tinubus-nominee-for-north-central-development-commission\"},\"wordCount\":348,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/plateau-group-rejects-tinubus-nominee-for-north-central-development-commission#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747212390.198528.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Plateau\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/plateau-group-rejects-tinubus-nominee-for-north-central-development-commission#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/plateau-group-rejects-tinubus-nominee-for-north-central-development-commission\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/plateau-group-rejects-tinubus-nominee-for-north-central-development-commission\",\"name\":\"Plateau group rejects Tinubu\u2019s nominee for North Central Development Commission - 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