Breaking: Buhari Appoints New Ministers
President Muhammadu Buhari[/caption]
Emerging reports indicate that President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of two ministerial nominees to the Nigerian Senate for confirmation.
The nominees are said to be replacements for Amina Mohammed, former Minister of Environment, who is currently the United Nations Deputy Secretary- General, and late Minister of State for Labour, Barr. James Ocholi, who died in a ghastly auto-crash in 2016.
The list of ministerial nominees is coming at a time when the Senate stood down for two weeks consideration of the request of President Buhari for the appointment of Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs.
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The Senate based its decision on what it termed disregard for its resolutions.
The upper legislative chamber specifically berated the President for appearing to be doing nothing about the rejection of Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the EFCC but allowing him to function in acting capacity.
The senate stressed that it was wrong to leave any appointee in acting capacity after he had been rejected twice by the senate.
