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THE Senate will today begin the second day of screening the Ministerial Nominees submitted last Thursday by President Bola Tinubu for subsequent confirmation.
President Tinubu held a meeting last week to nominate twenty-eight candidates for Senate screening.
Yesterday, the Senate screened fourteen out of the twenty-eight nominees, and today they are set to attend to another fourteen nominees. Currently, the Senate is also focusing on the presentation of bills slated for first reading, with a total of eleven bills being presented.
Today’s Order Paper indicates that the Senators will commence the screening of Ministerial Nominees. The fourteen nominees listed for screening today are as follows:
- David Umahi (Ebonyi)
- Adebayo Olawale Edun (Ogun)
- Nasir Ahmad El-rufai CON (Kaduna)
- Ahmed Musa Dangiwa (Katsina)
- Chief Uche Geoffrey Nnaji (Enugu)
- Stella Erhuvwuoghene Okotete (Delta)
- Dele Alake (Ekiti)
- Adekola Adebayo Adelabu (Oyo)
- Muhammad Idris (Niger)
- Professor Ali Pate Bauchi
- Doris Anite Uzoka (Imo)
- Lateef Fagbemi SAN (Kwara)
- Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo Akwa (Ibom)
- Barr Hannatu Musawa (Katsina)
It should be noted that on Monday, the Senate already screened the following nominees:
- Sen. Abubakar S. Kyari – Borno State
- Abubakar Eshiokpekha Momoh – Edo State
- Nyesom Ezenwo Wike – Rivers State
- Engr. Prof. Joseph Terlumun Utsev – Benue State
- Sen. John Owan Enoh – Cross River State
- Hon. (Bar) Bello Muhammad – Sokoto State
- Mohammed Badaru Abubakar – Jigawa State
- Amb. Yusuf Maitama Tuggar – Bauchi State
- Senator Abubakar Sani Danladi – Taraba State
- Barr. Uju-Ken Ohaneye – Anambra State
- Hon. (Dr) Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo – Ondo State
- Dr. Betta C. Edu – Cross River State
- Imaan Sulaiman Ibrahim – Nasarawa State
- Honourable Nkiru Onyejiocha – Abia
The Senate has a busy schedule, and this information outlines the nominees they have been and will be attending to during their sessions.
