Senate To Screen Ministerial Nominees Today

The Senate is set to begin the screening of ministerial nominees forwarded by President Bola Tinubu for confirmation today.

These nominees have received clearance from the Department of State Services (DSS) and are ready for evaluation.

In a flurry of activity, the nominees flocked to the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, yesterday to submit their curriculum vitae in order to meet the submission deadline. Among the early submitters were the Ministers of Education, Trade and Investment, and Livestock.

Senator Lado confirmed in a statement that the documentation process for the ministerial nominees has commenced ahead of their screening and confirmation by the Senate, which kicks off today.

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The statement read: “He stated that the nominees were already submitting relevant documents as first in the series of procedures for the screening and confirmation of ministerial nominees.

“The nominees are expected to be screened and confirmed by the Senate in compliance with Section 147 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As Amended).”

Recall that President Tinubu had written the Senate, seeking for the screening and subsequent confirmation of appointments of seven ministerial nominees announced in Abuja on Wednesday.

President Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio and read last Thursday during plenary.

According to the letter, the ministerial nominees were Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction; Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, Minister of Labour and Employment and Bianca Odinaka Odumegu-Ojukwu, Minister of State, Foreign Affairs.

Others were Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Trade and Development; Idi Maiha, Minister of Livestock Development; Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, Minister of State, Housing and Dr Suwaiba Ahmad, Minister of State, Education.

President Tinubu in the letter had sought expeditious consideration of his request by the Senate.

Accordingly as announced by Akpabio, the Senate immediately referred the presidential request to the Committee of the whole for consideration.

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