FCT, Abuja – Following the release of President Bola Tinubu’s 28-person ministry nomination list on Thursday, July 27, the Senate will begin screening today, Monday, July 31.
According to reports, roughly 15 of the ministerial nominees had presented their credentials to the office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Abdullahi Gumel, as of Sunday, July 30.
Senate will begin confirmation hearings for 16 candidates on the Ministerial List
Abuja, FCT – The Senate has shortlisted 16 nominees from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cabinet list for confirmation hearings. These are the names:
1. Sen.Abubakar S.Kyari – Borno
2. Abubakar Eshiokpekha Momoh – Edo
3. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike – Rivers State
4. Engr. Prof. Joseph Terlumun Utsev – Benue
5. Sen. John Owan Enoh – Cross River
6. Hon.(Bar) Bello Muhammad – Sokoto
7. Mohammed Badaru Abubakar -Jigawa
8. Amb.Yusuf Maitama Tuggar- Bauchi
9. Sen. Abubakar Sani Danladi -Taraba
10. Barr. Uju-Ken Ohaneye – Anambra
11. Hon. (Dr). Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo – Ondo
12. Dr. Betta http://C.Edu – Cross River
13. Iman Sulaiman Ibrahim- Nasarawa
14. Arch. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa – Katsina
15. Chief Uche Geoffrey Nnaji – Enugu
16. Stella Erhuvwuoghene Okotete – Delta
Ministerial screening: Video emerges as Wike makes critical Senate pledge
Abuja (FCT) – Former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike says President Bola Tinubu would not be sorry for picking him to be a minister in his cabinet.
Wike, the lone PDP chieftain on the President’s cabinet list forwarded to the Senate last Thursday, revealed this when he went before the red chamber on Monday for screening.
Wike informed the Senators that as governor of the oil-rich Niger Delta state from May 2015 to May 2023, he initiated and finished several projects to strengthen the state’s infrastructure and invited lawmakers from all political parties to commission them.
Wike appears in the National Assembly for the purpose of screening, and a video is released.
Abuja’s FCT In preparation for his ministerial screening, former governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike has arrived at the national assembly.
The 28-person list of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ministerial picks, which was made public on Friday, July 28, included Wike.
Senate considers Wike, El-Rufai, Umahi, Adelabu, and other ministerial nominees
Abuja, FCT – The Senate is currently preparing to assess and ratify the nominees on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cabinet list.
Former Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike, former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, former Ebonyi governor Dave Umahi, and others are among the notables.
The following is a list of screening nominees organized by states and geopolitical zones.
South-south
Nyesom Wike – Rivers
Abubakar Momoh – Edo
Betta Edu – Cross River
Ekperikpe Ekpo – Akwa Ibom
Stella Okotette – Delta
John Enoh – Cross River
South-west
Olubunmi Tunji Ojo – Ondo
Dele Alake – Ekiti
Olawale Edun – Ogun
Waheed Adebayo Adelabu – Oyo
South-east
Uche Nnaji – Enugu
Doris Aniche Uzoka – Imo
David Umahi – Ebonyi
Nkeiruka Onyejocha – Abia
Uju Kennedy Ohaneye – Anambra
North-east
Yusuf Maitama Tuggar – Bauchi
Ali Pate –Bauchi
Abubakar Kyari – Borno
Sani Abubakar Danladi – Taraba
North-west
Badaru Abubakar – Jigawa
Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufai – Kaduna
Ahmed Dangiwa – Katsina
Hannatu Musawa – Katsina
Bello Muhammad Goronyo – Sokoto
Northcentral
Lateef Fagbemi – Kwara
Muhammad Idris – Niger
Iman Suleiman Ibrahim – Nasarawa
Joseph Utsev – Benue
Source : Legit
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