Senate President
Ahmad Lawan says the upper legislative chamber will screen the ministerial
nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari on June 29.
Lawan made the announcement on Wednesday shortly before the
senate adjourned its session.
“The ministerial nominees will be screened on Wednesday,
next week,” the senate president said.
In a letter on Tuesday, the president asked the senate to confirm seven ministerial nominees
.The president based his request on section 147(2) of the
constitution.
The nominees, if confirmed, will replace the ministers who
resigned to pursue political bids.
Rotimi Amaechi, Ogbonnaya Onu, Godswill Akpabio and Emeka
Nwajiuba, who all resigned to pursue presidential bids, will not return,
contrary to initial speculation.
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF)
and justice minister, and Pauline Tallen, women affairs minister — who both had
governorship and senatorial ambitions respectively — withdrew their
resignations.
The new ministerial nominees are:
- Henry
Ikechukwu (Abia)
- Umana
Okon Umana (Akwa Ibom)
- Ekuma
Joseph (Ebonyi)
- Goodluck
Nana Obia (Imo)
- Umar
Ibrahim Yakub (Kano)
- Ademola
Adewole Adegorioye (Ondo)
- Odo
Udi (Rivers)
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