The Senate on Monday finally concluded the screening of 45 of the 48 ministerial nominees of President Bola Tinubu, confirming them as cabinet members after a week of intense grilling for some and cursory introductions for others.
Channels TV report that, Senate President Godswill Akpabio put the nominations to a series of voice votes, of which all but three were approved.
The remaining nominees, including Nasir El-Rufai, a former governor of Kaduna State, Stella Okotete, a former governor of Delta State, and Abubakar Danladi, a former governor of Taraba State, are reportedly still awaiting security clearance.
The announcement of the confirmation comes more than a week after Tinubu sent a 28-member list to the red chamber for approval on July 27.
Channels TV report that, Former Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike, Abubakar Kyari of Borno State, Nkiruka Onyejeocha of Abia State, Bello Muhammad of Sokoto State, Sani Abubakar Danladi of Taraba State, and Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State were all screened by the Senate on Monday.
Other states’ representatives are Yusuf Maitama Tuggar (Bauchi State), Olubunmi Tunji Ojo (Ondo State), Betta Edu (Cross River State), Uju Kennedy Ohaneye (Anambra State), Abubakar Momoh (Edo State), John Enoh (Cross River State), and Iman Suleiman Ibrahim (Benue State).
Ex-governors Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna and Dave Umahi of Ebonyi, as well as Wale Edun, Uche Nnaji, Stella Okotete, Adebayo Adelabu, Ekperikpe Ekpo, Hannatu Musawa, and Musa Dangiwa, were all screened by the Senate on Tuesday.
The red chamber screened Doris Uzoka, Ali Pate, Lateef Fagbemi, and Muhammad Idris the following day.
The Senate received a second list of 19 nominees from Tinubu last Wednesday. Two days later, the President removed Maryam Shetty of Kano State’s name from the list and substituted Festus Keyamo and Mariya Mahmoud in her place.
Zephaniah Jisalo, Shuaibu Audu, Yusuf Sununu, Bello Matawalle, Alkali Saidu, Ahmed Gwarzo, Atiku Bagudu, Simon Lalong, Ibrahim Gaidam, Aliu Abdullahi, Gboyega Oyetola, Heineken Lokpobiri, and Tunji Alausa were among those whose videos were screened by the Senate on Friday.
On Saturday, Lola Ade-John, Bosun Tijani, Isiak Salako, Tahir Mamman, and Maigari Ahmadu participated in the Senate screening.
Mahmoud and Keyamo were screened today to wrap up the exercise.
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