Senate Begins Screening Of Ministerial Nominees

The Nigeria Senate has commenced the screening of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees.

President Buhari had yesterday, submitted the list to the upper chamber for screening and confirmation.

The Senate also postponed its annual recess in order to screen the 43 appointees. They had planned to embark on the vacation on Thursday which usually lasts for about seven weeks.

“We have postponed the recess till next week, end of next week. We are suspending a lot of our rules.

“Plenary normally does not hold on Fridays, plenary will hold on Friday this week and Monday next week in other to hasten the process. We want to do a thorough job and we want Nigerians to know that we are doing a thorough job. It is going to be a lot of sacrifice on our path.

“We are going to work in unusual hours, normally we sit from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., that will not apply till during this confirmation hearing. We are going to sit till very late, virtually every day. On Friday, we will sit till we are tired. We will go on a brief recess and might proceed until 10 p.m.

“We have given ourselves enough time, we will work in unusual hours,” a statement by Senate acting spokesperson, Adedayo Adeyeye read.

Below are the names of those nominated for re-appointment by the president:

Uchechukwu Ogah (Abia)

Muhammad Musa Bello (Adamawa)

Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom)

Chris Ngige (Anambra)

Sharon Ikeazor (Anambra)

Adamu Adamu (Bauchi)

Mariam Katagum (Bauchi)

Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa)

George Akume (Benue)

Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Borno)

Goddy Jedi Agba (Cross River)

Festus Keyamo Delta)

Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi)

Osagie Ehanire (Edo)

Clement Anade Agba (Edo)

Otunba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo (Ekiti)

Geoffrey Onyeama (Enugu)

Ali Isa Ibrahim Pantami (Gombe)

Emeka Nwajiuba (Imo)

Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa)

Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed (Kaduna)

Mohammed Mahmoud (Kaduna)

Sabo Nanono (Kano)

Maj Gen. Bashir Magashi (Kano)

Hadi Sirika (Katsina)

Abubakar Malami (Kebbi)

Ramatu Tijani (Kogi)

Lai Mohammed Kwara)

Gbemisola Saraki (Kwara)

Babatunde Raji Fashola (Lagos)

Adeleke Mamora (Lagos)

Mohammed H. Abdullahi (Nasarawa)

Zubairu Dada (Niger)

Olamilekan Adegbiti (Ogun)

Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo)

Rauf Aregbesola (Osun)

Sunday Dare (Oyo)

Pauline Tallen (Plateau

Rotimi Amaechi Rivers)

Mohammed Maigari Dangadi (Sokoto)

Saleh Mamman (Taraba)

Abubakar B. Aliyu (Yobe)

Sadiya Umar Faruk (Zamfara)