The Senate will, on Monday, commence the screening of the ministerial nominees submitted to it by President Bola Tinubu on Thursday.
Speaking shortly after the names of 28 nominees sent to the federal lawmakers were read on the floor by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, the Senate spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu (Ekiti South), said the Upper Chamber had suspended all its activities to commence the screening immediately.
Adaramodu said, “Screening will commence on Monday. We have suspended all the rules to accommodate the screening of the nominees.
“We were supposed to proceed on our vacation today (Thursday) but it has been suspended for this screening. We are starting the screening on Monday. We are not going to allocate time to nominees to talk.
“We will start by 11am on Monday and other days at 10am. We are ready to sit all day to screen them, with no limitation of hours. We won’t even time them. We would listen to them reel out their blueprint to us. The screening would be done in the presence of Nigerians.”
At Plenary, Senator Akpabio unveiled the list consisting of 28 nominees.
The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajamiabila, delivered the list to the Senate President
Here is the list of the 28 nominees.Senate unveils Tinubu’s 28 ministerial nominees
- Abubakar Momoh
- Amb Yusuf Maitama
- Architect Ahmad Dangiwa
- Hanatu Musawa
- Chief Uche Nnaji
- Beta Edu
- Doris Aniche
- David Umahi
- Nyesom Wike
- Mohamed Badaru
- Nasir El-Rufai
- Ekperikpe Ekpo
- Nkiru onyejiocha
- Olubumi Ojo
- Stella okotekpe
- Uju Kennedy
- Bello Mohammed Goroyo
- Dele Alake
- Lateef Fagbemi
- Mohammed Idris
- Edu Muhi
- Adebayo Adelabu
- Imma Suleiman
- Ali Pate
- Joseph Utsev
- Abubaka kyari
- John Eno
- Sani Abubakar Danladi
However, eleven states are yet to have nominees.
Although the constitution prescribes that the President shall appoint at least one minister from each of the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, the list sent by president Tinubu contained names of nominees from 25 states, leaving out 11 states.
The states not yet covered are Lagos, Kano, Adamawa, Bayelsa, Gombe, Kebbi, Kogi, Osun, Plateau, Yobe and Zamfara.
Meanwhile, Bauchi, Cross River and Katsina states got two slots each.
