The Nigeria Senate has begun the screening of the seven Ministerial nominees by President Bola Tinubu.
The Nominees are reported to be present at the red chamber, The Nation news observed the names of the seven ministerial nominees have been listed on the order paper as one of the businesses to be conducted by the Senate today.
The Seven Ministerial Nominees list
Dr Nentawe Yilwatda – Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction
Muhammadu Dingyadi – Minister of Labour and Employment
Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu – Minister of State, Foreign Affairs
Dr. Jumoke Oduwole – Minister of Industry, Trade and Development.
Idi Muktar Maiha – Minister of Livestock Development
Rt. Hon. Yusuf Ata – Minister of State, Housing
Dr Suwaiba Said Ahmad – Minister of State, Education
President Bola Tinubu recently dismissed five ministers and also restructured his cabinet ahead of the new year, as he thinks some of them are incompetent for the job.
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Dismissed Minister by President Bola Tinubu
Minister of Women Affairs, Uju-Ken Ohanenye;
Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John;
Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman;
Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo;
Minister of Youth Development, Dr Jamila Bio Ibrahim.
The Senate following a motion moved by the leader, Opeyemi Bamidele on Wednesday suspended its rule to admit the Special Adviser to the President on Senate matters, Basheer Lado, to bring the nominees into the plenary.
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, had on Thursday read the letter from President Bola Tinubu.
Almost all the nominees are in the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, waiting to be officially admitted into the Red Senate Chambers.
The Nation observed the names of the seven ministerial nominees have been listed on the order paper as one of the businesses to be conducted by the Senate today.
