The Senate will on Tuesday commence the screening of seven nominees for appointment as Ministers.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in a letter last Thursday urged the Senate to consider and confirm the seven nominees for appointment as ministers.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio had referred the list of nominees to the Committee of Whole for further legislative work as soon as possible.
The seven ministerial nominees for Senate’s consideration and approval include; Dr Nentawe Yilwatda (Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction); Muhammadu Dingyadi (Labour & Employment); Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu (State Foreign Affairs) and Dr Jumoke Oduwole (Industry, Trade and Investment).
Others are Idi Mukhtar Maiha (Livestock Development); Yusuf Ata (State, Housing and Urban Development) and Dr. Suwaiba Ahmad (State Education).
Odumegwu-Ojukwu, a former ambassador to Spain, is a prominent member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
If cleared, the former beauty queen and wife of the late Dim Emeka Chukemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, will increase the number of opposition party members in FEC to two.
The Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, confirmed that ministerial nominees have commenced documentation ahead of their screening and confirmation by the Senate, which commences on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.
Lado, in a statement, said that the nominees were already submitting relevant documents as first in the series of procedures for the screening and confirmation of ministerial nominees.
He said 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).