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Senate Concludes Screening Of Ministerial Nominees

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The Nigerian Senate has concluded the screening of ministerial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Screening of nominees entered a second day this week on Wednesday, with the Senate quizzing five of the persons in the list of 38 ministerial nominees.

The ministerial nominees screened are Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia), Anwuka Anthony (Imo), Mohammed Musa Bello (Adamawa), Adamu Adamu (Bauchi) and Aisha Abubakar (Sokoto).

One nominee, Aisha Abubakar, who had a petition against her, was asked to take a bow.

All the nominees have been screened but only 18 of them have been confirmed by the Senate.

The remaining 18 are also expected to be confirmed at plenary on Thursday, as indicated by the Senate President, Bukula Saraki, after the screening on Wednesday.

The Senate adjourned sitting to Thursday.

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Oyinlola, Odimegwu, Ocholi, Others allegedly make second ministerial list

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Former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, former Chairman of the National Population Census, NPC, Chief Festus Odimegwu and 13 others have made the second batch of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list which was submitted to the Senate President Bukola Saraki on Monday by the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari.

 

Below are the names as obtained by Vanguard:

1. Former Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Barr Mohammed Bello (Adamawa);

 

2. Former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola (Osun);

 

3. Former Chairman of the National Population Census, NPC, Chief Festus Odimegwu (Imo);

 

4. Former spokesman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, Osita Okechukwu (Enugu);

 

5. Former ANPP governorship candidate in Abia, Ikechi Emenike (Abia).

 

6. Heineken Lokpobiri, former speaker of the Bayelsa House of Assembly and two-time senator (Bayelsa);

 

7. James Ocholi (SAN), who recently lost the APC governorship ticket in Kogi state to Abubakar Audu (Kogi).

 

8. Anthony Anwuka, a professor of education administration who was secretary to the government of Imo state;

 

9. Isaac Adewole, former Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan and a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology;

 

10. Former National President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN (Ondo);

 

11. Hajia Bukar Ibrahim, the former first lady of Yobe State (Yobe);

 

12. Okechukwu Enelamah, the CEO of African Capital Alliance;

 

13. Dan Ali, a brigadier-general who was retired in 2013;

 

Others on the list include: Hadiza Abdullahi; Adamu Adamu (Bauchi),  Isaac Adewole, a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology. Claudius Omoyele Daramola, a professor of sociology of education, from Ondo state;and Aisha Abubakar.

 

The submission of the second list coincided with the decision by the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to suspend further investigations into the petitions against the appointments of a former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi and Amina Mohammed as ministerial nominees.

 

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), The Integrity Group, had petitioned the Senate, seeking the disqualification of Amaechi by the parliament over the alleged mismanagement of N70 billion when he was Rivers State governor.

 

Another group also petitioned the Senate, seeking the disqualification of Amina Mohammed over the fact that she was nominated to represent Kaduna State when she actually hails from Gombe State.

2015 Ministerial Nominees announced, view #TheList here

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List of Ministerial Nominees As Unveiled by President of the Senate Bukola Saraki today at Senate Plenary.

Chris Ngige – Anambra 

Kayode Fayemi- Ekiti

Rotimi Amaechi – Rivers 

Babatunde Fashola -Lagos 

Abdulrahman Danbazau

Aisha Alhassan – Taraba 

Ogbonaya Onu- Abia 

Kemi Adeosun -Ogun 

Abubakar Malami (SAN) -Kebbi 

Sen Hadi Sirika –Katsina

Barr. Adebayo Shittu -Oyo 

Suleiman Adam -Jigawa 

Solomon Dalong -Plateau 

Ibe Kachikwu -Delta 

Osagie Ehanire -Edo 

Audu Ogbeh – Benue

Lai Mohammed -Kwara 

Ahmed Isa Ibeto -Niger 

Amina Mohammed – Kaduna

Screening to Commence next Tuesday 13th of October

Senate Gets 11 More Ministerial Nominees Tuesday

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A fresh batch of ministerial nominees will hit the Senate on Tuesday, October 6, the day chamber is expected to resume in plenary after the independence anniversary recess.

 National Assembly source which made the disclosure also said the president does not intend to have 42 ministers. President Muhammadu Buhari had forwarded a list of 25 ministerial nominees to Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Wednesday evening through his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari who was accompanied by Senator Ita Enang, Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on National Assembly Matters. The list was submitted to Saraki in a sealed brown envelope at exactly 4:59pm, hours after plenary was adjourned for the week.

Initial reports indicated that a list of 41 ministerial nominees was drafted initially but was later pruned to 25, making the first batch. Saraki’s spokesman, Yusuph Olaniyonu disclosed that, “following the tradition of the Senate, the Senate President decided that the envelope will remain sealed till Tuesday October 6, when, during the plenary sitting of the Upper legislative chamber, it will be opened and the list read to Senators.”

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We Will Grill Ministerial Nominees- Saraki

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Senate President, Bukola Saraki, yesterday said screening of ministerial nominees being expected from President Muhammadu Buhari before the end of the week, would be thorough and comprehensive.

Saraki gave the hint while welcoming senators to plenary in Abuja after a long recess.

He said screening of the nominees would be in-depth to ensure that only competent and qualified individuals occupied ministerial positions.

“As we await the list of ministerial nominees this week, we are prepared to treat the screening with dispatch but with thoroughness.

“I believe the presence of ministers will create the space for greater policy engagement with the executive arm of government.

“I want to urge you all my colleagues to ensure that what is uppermost in our minds as we begin the constitutional task of screening of ministerial nominees is the overall interest of our country.

“Once the list is submitted, let us ensure that we treat it with dispatch and thoroughness. We must not be held down by unnecessary politicking.

“The enormity of our national challenges at this time does not give room for pettiness or politics of vendetta,” Saraki said.

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