By Our Reporter
The seven Ministerial nominees appointed by President Bola Tinubu in his recent cabinet reshuffle will be screened by the Senate today, Tuesday, for confirmation.
Reports say that ahead of the confirmation, the nominees having been cleared by the Department of State Services, DSS, are on a last-minute rush to complete their documentation by submitting their Curriculum Vitae to the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado.
Already, the Ministers of Education, Trade and Investment, and Live Stock, were reportedly among the first to present their resume.
The Senate will duly commence its screening and confirmation of the Ministerial Nominees on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.
According to Lado, the nominees are expected to be screened and confirmed by the Senate in compliance with Section 147 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As Amended).
Recall that President Tinubu had written the Senate, seeking the screening and subsequent confirmation of appointments of seven ministerial nominees announced in Abuja on Wednesday.
President Tinubu’s request, contained in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio was read Thursday during plenary.
According to the letter, the Ministerial nominees were Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, Minister of Labour and Employment, and Bianca Odinaka Odumegu – Ojukwu, Minister of State, Foreign Affairs.
Others were Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Trade and Development, Idi Muktar Maiha, Minister of Livestock Development,
Rt Hon Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, Minister of State, Housing and Dr. Suwaiba Said Ahmad, Minister of State, Education.
President Tinubu had sought expeditious consideration of his request by the Senate. The Senate immediately acted on the Presidential order by referring the request to the Committee of the Whole for consideration.