Just In: Senate submits list of screened Ministerial nominees to Presidency

The Senate has forwarded the Presidency the names of 45 confirmed nominees for ministerial positions.

According to Platinum Times Nigeria, the Senate on Monday confirmed 45 of the 48 cabinet nominees that President Bola Tinubu sent to the upper chamber.

Nasir El-Rufai, a former governor of Kaduna State, Stella Okotete, a resident of Delta State, and Abubakar Danladi, a resident of Taraba State, were the other three nominees who were not confirmed because security checks are still being conducted on them.

In an interview with journalists at the National Assembly on Tuesday, Senator Abdullahi Gumel, the Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate), stated that the reason the number of ministerial nominees was increased from 42 under the previous administration to 48 is because some of the merged ministries will now function independently.

He added that the Senate had forwarded the Presidency the names of the confirmed nominees.

The 45 nominees cleared by the Senate are Festus Keyamo, Mariya Mahmoud, Lola Ade-John, Bosun Tijani, Isiak Salako, Tahir Mamman, Maigari Ahmadu, Zephaniah Jisalo, Shuaibu Audu, Yusuf Sununu, Bello Matawalle, Alkali Saidu, Ahmed Gwarzo, Atiku Bagudu, Simon Lalong, Ibrahim Gaidam, Aliu Abdullahi, Gboyega Oyetola, Heineken Lokpobiri and Tunji Alausa.

Others are Dele Alake, Lateef Fagbemi, Muhammad Idris, Ali Pate, Doris Uzoka, Dave Umahi, Wale Edun, Uche Nnaji, Adebayo Adelabu, Ekperikpe Ekpo, Hannatu Musawa, Musa Dangiwa, Nyesom Wike; Abubakar Kyari, Nkiruka Onyejeocha, Bello Muhammad, Badaru Abubakar, Joseph Utsev, Olubunmi Ojo, Betta Edu, Uju Kennedy Ohaneye, Abubakar Momoh, John Enoh, Iman Suleiman Ibrahim, and Yusuf Tuggar.