Senate to Screen, Confirm Tinubu’s Seven Ministerial Nominees Next Week

Sunday Aborisade in Abuja

The Senate will start the screening of the seven Nigerians who were nominated for appointment as ministers by President Bola Tinubu next Wednesday.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio, yesterday read Tinubu’s letter which requested the Red Chamber to consider the nominees for necessary screening and confirmation.

The ministerial nominees for Senate’s consideration and approval are: Dr Nentawe Yilwatda (Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction); Muhammadu Dingyadi (Labour & Employment); Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu (State Foreign Affairs), and Dr Jumoke Oduwole (Industry, Trade and Investment).

Others are: Idi Mukhtar Maiha (Livestock Development);  Yusuf Ata (State, Housing and Urban Development), and Dr. Suwaiba Ahmad (State Education).

Akpabio referred the nominees to the Committee of Whole for further legislative work as soon as possible.

President Tinubu in the letter, appealed to the Senate to give expeditious consideration to his request..

Akpabio referred the presidential request to the Committee of the whole for accelerated consideration.

“Distinguished colleagues , the presidential request is referred to the committee of the whole for consideration very soon,” he said.

A principal of the Senate who spoke to THISDAY after the plenary on condition of anonymity, said the upper chamber would start the screening of the nominees, as from Tuesday next week.

He said: “Since the request got to the Senate on its last day of sitting in the week , the Red Chamber may after getting the required documents on the nominees , commence their screening on Tuesday and possibly conclude it on Wednesday next week.”