The Senate finally finished vetting 45 of President Bola Tinubu’s 48 ministerial nominations on Monday, confirming them as cabinet members after a week of hard grilling for some and brief introductions for others.
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Stella Okotete (Delta State), and Abubakar Danladi (Taraba State) are among the nominees who are still awaiting security clearance, according to Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
The confirmation comes more than a week after Tinubu sent a 28-member list to the red chamber for approval on July 27.
The Senate screened former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, Abubakar Kyari of Borno State, Nkiruka Onyejeocha of Abia State, Bello Muhammad of Sokoto State, Sani Abubakar Danladi of Taraba State, and Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State on Monday.
Others are Benue State’s Joseph Utsev, Ondo State’s Olubunmi Tunji Ojo, Cross River State’s Betta Edu, Anambra State’s Uju Kennedy Ohaneye, Edo State’s Abubakar Momoh, Cross River State’s John Enoh, Nasarawa State’s Iman Suleiman Ibrahim, and Bauchi State’s Yusuf Maitama Tuggar.
Ex-governors Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna) and Dave Umahi (Ebonyi) were screened on Tuesday, as were Wale Edun, Uche Nnaji, Stella Okotete, Adebayo Adelabu, Ekperikpe Ekpo, Hannatu Musawa, and Musa Dangiwa.
The red chamber screened Dele Alake, Lateef Fagbemi and Muhammad Idris, Ali Pate, and Doris Uzoka the next day.
Tinubu then sent the Senate a supplemental list of 19 nominees last Wednesday. Two days later, the President pulled Maryam Shetty of Kano State’s name from the list, replacing her with Festus Keyamo and Mariya Mahmoud.
Zephaniah Jisalo, Shuaibu Audu, Yusuf Sununu, Bello Matawalle, Alkali Saidu, Ahmed Gwarzo, Atiku Bagudu, Simon Lalong, Ibrahim Gaidam, Aliu Abdullahi, Gboyega Oyetola, Heineken Lokpobiri, and Tunji Alausa were all examined by the Senate on Friday.
On Saturday, the Senate continued the screening with Lola Ade-John, Bosun Tijani, Isiak Salako, Tahir Mamman, and Maigari Ahmadu.
Today (Monday), the exercise was completed with the screenings of Mahmoud and Keyamo.
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