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Senate Okays All Ministerial Nominees

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The red chamber has today confirmed all the 43 ministerial nominees submitted to it by the Presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

 

President Buhari had on July 23rd, 2019 transmitted a list containing 43 names of prospective ministerial nominees for confirmation.

 

Subsequently, on 24th the nominees were invited by the senate for screening to confirm their suitability for the proposed positions.

 

The screening took the senate five days to complete and has ended today Tuesday 30th July, 2019.

 

Although most of the nominees were asked to take a bow and leave especially the former senators amongst them.

 

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the lawmakers also asked the females amongst the nominees to take a bow while hinging their reason on gender-sensitive nature of the senate among other reasons.

 

Confirming the nominees through a voice vote for each individual nominee, plenary confirmed the 43 nominees.

 

Confirmed were; Dr Uchechukwu Ogah (Abia), Muhammad Bello (Adamawa), Sen. Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Dr Chris Ngige (Anambra), Sharon Ikeazu (Anambra), Adamu Adamu (Bauchi), Amb. Mariam Katagum (Bauchi), Timipre Silva (Bayelsa), Sen. George Akume (Benue), Mustapha Baba-Shehuri (Borno), Goddy Jedi-Agba (Cross River).

 

Others are Festus Keyamo (Delta), Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi), Dr Osagie Ehanire (Edo), Clement Agba (Edo), Richard Adebayo (Ekiti), Geofery Oyeanma (Enugu), Dr Ali Isa-Pantami (Gombe), Emeka Nwajuba (Imo), Sulaiman Adamu (Jigawa), Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna), Dr Mohammed Mahmoud (Kaduna), Sabo Nanono (Kano), Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (Kano).

 

Also confirmed are Hadi Sirika (Katsina), Abubakar Malami (Kebbi), Ramatu Tijani (Kogi), Lai Mohammed (Kwara), Gbemisola Saraki (Kwara), Babatunde Fashola (Lagos), Sen. Adeleke Mamora (Lagos), Mohammed Abdullahi (Nasarawa), Amb. Zubairu Dada (Niger), Olamilekan Adegbiti (Ogun), Sen. Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo), Rauf Aregbesola (Osun), Sunday Dare (Oyo).

 

Others are Pauline Tallen (Plateau), Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Mohammed Dingwadi (Sokoto), Saleh Mamman (Taraba), Abubakar Aliyu (Yobe) and Sadiya Faruk (Zamfara).

 

Commending his colleagues, during the exercise the President of the Senate, Dr, Ahmed Lawan said they have demonstrated patriotism during the national assignment.

 

Lawan added, “We hope that the budget will be ready in September or October and we are ready to pass the budget by December.”

 

He said the Senate was committed to returning the nation budget cycle to the January to December cycle.

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