The Senate on Monday screened the immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesome Wike, the All Progressives Congress (APC) national women leader, Betta Edu (Cross River State), and 12 others.
According to Anaedoonlinbe.ng, President Bola Tinubu’s first batch of 28 ministry nominations is still missing 14 people.
The screening began at the upper chamber during a plenary session that began around 12:41 p.m., when Senate President Godswill Akpabio arrived.
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Others who were screened included Abubakar Kyari from Borno State; Nkiruka Onyejeocha (Abia State); Bello Muhammad (Sokoto State); Sani Abubakar Danladi (Taraba State); and Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa State).
Others are Joseph Utsev (Benue State), Olubunmi Tunji Ojo (Ondo State), Uju Kennedy Ohaneye (Anambra State), Abubakar Momoh (Edo State), John Enoh (Cross River State), Iman Suleiman Ibrahim (Nasarawa State), and Yusuf Maitama Tuggar (Bauchi State).
While some nominees were scrutinized, other former senators were requested to take a bow and excused, according to this platform.
Opeyemi Bamidele, Senate Leader, moved that the Senate reconvene in plenary to report progress. Senators were examined after that. Darlington Nwokocha, Senate Minority Leader, seconded the motion, which was carried.
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The plenary was then delayed by Akpabio until Tuesday.
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