Abubakar Aliyu, ministerial
nominee from Yobe state, was given a preferential treatment during the senate
screening on Thursday.
Shortly after he appeared before
the senators, the nominee, who is the immediate past deputy governor of Yobe,
was asked to “take a bow and go”, a treatment accorded former lawmakers.
Although Aliyu has no legislative
background, he was exempted from questions because the upper legislative
chamber “found him loyal”.
After introducing himself to the
lawmakers, Kabiru Gaya, senator representing Kano north, moved the motion for
the nominee not to field questions.
James Manager, senator
representing Delta south, also concurred with Gaya, saying Aliyu’s brother is a
former senator.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan said
he is proud of Aliyu, who hails from the same state with him
Lawan described the nominee as
“loyal and competent.”
“[He is] loyal, committed and
competent. He has been doing well and he followed the footsteps of the former
governor. We are proud of our nominee.”
Thereafter, Aliyu took a bow and
exited the chamber.
Bashir Magashi, a retired
major-general, was also screened by the lawmakers.
While responding to questions
from the senators, Magashi said if appointed defence minister he would enhance
the structure of the military.
“In Nigeria today, there is what
we call the command structure, the command structure is now seen as a witness,”
he said.
“The military is always ready to
acknowledge performance, we don’t want to always hear that we have not
performed.
“The theatre of war, I think we
encourage it because every day you find one problem either for north-east or
the central or anywhere, then we need troops to cover that area, we have always
disseminated all our forces and I don’t think the current structure shows the
true reflection of our requirements.”
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