FORMER Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr Ibe Kachikwu and Mrs Kemi Adeosun were clearly the star attractions at the screening of ministerial nominees, yesterday, as the Senate cleared 18 nominees for ministerial
appointment.
Fashola’s suggestions on state police, review of the Abuja Master plan and apology to the Igbo over the deportation of some Igbo
residents of Lagos during his second term marked one of the major highlights of yesterday’s screening of the nominees.
So also were Kachikwu’s comments on the oil industry and Adeosun’s remarks on the economy, devaluation of the Naira and Treasury Single Account, TSA, foreign direct investment and how to improve Nigeria’s alternative sources of revenue.
Their robust comments paved the way for the approval and confirmation of 18 of the 36 nominees for appointments as ministers
after two days of screening. President Muhammadu Buhari had first sent a list of 21 names. He later sent a list containing 16 names, from which he yesterday withdrew the name of former Deputy Governor of Niger State, Ahmed Isa Ibeto.
Those Screened by the Senate
1.Udoma Udo Udoma (Akwa Ibom) 2.Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) 3.Audu
Ogbeh (Benue) 4.Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi) 5.Osagie Ehanire
(Edo) 6.Abdulrahman Dambazau (Kano) 7.Lai Mohammed
(Kwara) 8.Amina Ibrahim Mohammed (Gombe) 9.Suleiman Hussaini
Adamu (Jigawa) 10.Ibrahim Usman Jibril (Nasarawa) 11.Babatunde
Raji Fashola (Lagos) 12.Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu (Delta) 13.Abubakar
Malami, SAN (Kebbi) 14.Chris Nwabueze Ngige (Anambra) 15.Aisha
Jummai Alhassan (Taraba) 16.Solomon Dalong (Plateau) 17.Kemi
Adeosun (Ogun) 18.Hadi Sirika (Katsina).
Ministers awaiting swearing-in, assignment
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