The Senate is set to screen the ministerial nominees forwarded by President Bola Tinubu for confirmation today.
According to Vanguard, the nominees, who have already been cleared by the Department of State Services (DSS), flocked to the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, yesterday to submit their curriculum vitae in a bid to meet the deadline.
Earlier in the day, the Ministers of Education, Trade and Investment, and Livestock submitted their resumes.
Senator Lado confirmed in a statement that the documentation process for the ministerial nominees had commenced ahead of their screening and confirmation by the Senate. The statement indicated that nominees were submitting relevant documents as part of the initial procedures for the screening.
“The nominees are expected to be screened and confirmed by the Senate in compliance with Section 147 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As Amended),” the statement read.
It is important to note that President Tinubu had previously written to the Senate requesting the screening and subsequent confirmation of seven ministerial nominees announced in Abuja on Wednesday. The letter was addressed to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and was read during plenary last Thursday.
The ministerial nominees include Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction; Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, Minister of Labour and Employment; and Bianca Odinaka Odumegu-Ojukwu, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
