Senate to conclude ministerial screening Tuesday

The Senate will conclude the screening of the 43 ministerial nominees submitted to it by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. Senate President Ahmad Lawan announced this at end of plenary yesterday. The sitting which started around 10:40am ended by 8:13pm. At yesterday’s sitting, seven nominees including Osagie Ehanire (Edo), Sen Hadi Sirika (Katsina), Abubakar Malami […]

The Senate will conclude the screening of the 43 ministerial nominees submitted to it by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday.

Senate President Ahmad Lawan announced this at end of plenary yesterday. The sitting which started around 10:40am ended by 8:13pm.

At yesterday’s sitting, seven nominees including Osagie Ehanire (Edo), Sen Hadi Sirika (Katsina), Abubakar Malami (Kebbi), Paulen Tallen (Plateau), Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi (Sokoto), Festus Keyamo (Delta) and Ali Isa Pantami (Gombe) were screened.

Only two took a bow. With the seven, 31 of the 43 nominees have been screened.

On Monday, Lawan said  Gbemisola Saraki (Kwara), Goddy Jedy-Agba-Agba (Cross River), Sulaiman Adamu (Jigawa), Maryam Katagun (Bauchi), Clement Agba (Edo), Geoffrey Onyeama (Enugu), Muhammad Mahmoud (Kaduna), Babatunde Raji Fashola (Lagos) and Rauf Aregbesola (Osun) would be screened.

He said the last batch of nominees including Sabo Nanono (Kano), Lai Mohammed (Kwara) and Saleh Mamman (Taraba) would be screened Tuesday.