The Nigerian Senate will on Tuesday (today) screen the ministerial nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu last week.
Recall that Tinubu had on October 24, written the upper
legislative chamber seeking for the screening and subsequent confirmation of
seven ministerial nominees.
The request, which was contained in a letter addressed to
the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio was read during
Thursday’s plenary.
The ministerial nominees include: Dr Nentawe Yilwatda,
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Bianca Odinaka
Odumegu-Ojukwu, Minister of State, Foreign Affairs and Muhammadu Maigari
Dingyadi, Minister of Labour and Employment.
Others are Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Trade
and Development; Dr Suwaiba Ahmad, Minister of State, Education; Idi Maiha,
Minister of Livestock Development and Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, Minister of State,
Housing.
According to reports, the nominees have been cleared by the
Department of State Services, DSS.
Some of the nominees were sighted at the office of the Special
Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado on Monday to
submit their curriculum vitae.
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