Ministerial nominees appear before senate for screening

The newly appointed ministers are currently before the senate for a screening exercise.

The confirmation hearing is being held on the floor of the upper legislative chamber.

The screening was supposed to have been held on Tuesday, but the upper legislative chamber shifted it to Wednesday (today) to allow all the seven nominees “conclude their documentation”.

Last week, President Bola Tinubu sacked five ministers and asked the senate to confirm seven new ministerial nominees.

Bianca Odinaka Odumegu-Ojukwu was appointed as minister of state foreign affairs and Jumoke Oduwole was assigned to the ministry of industry, trade and investment.

Nentawe Yilwatda was appointed to replace the suspended Betta Edu as the minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty reduction while Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi was named the new minister of labour and employment.

While Idi Mukhtar Maiha was appointed as the minister of livestock development, Yusuf Abdullahi Ata was named as the minister of state, housing and urban development.

Also, Tinubu approved the appointment of Suwaiba Said Ahmad as the minister of state, education.