President Muhammadu Buhari has sent names of two new ministerial
nominees to the senate for confirmation.
Quoting a source, NAN said the
letter which contained the names of the nominees from Kogi and Gombe states
arrived the senate late Tuesday.
The Kogi nominee will be replacing
James Ocholi, the late minister of state for labour, while the one from Gombe
would replace Amina Mohammed, former minister for environment, who is the
current United Nations deputy secretary- general.
Buhari sent the list at a time when
the senate is unhappy with the executive.
The upper legislative chamber
halted the screening of resident electoral commissioners (RECs) of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as requested by Buhari.
The senate shifted the exercise by
two weeks, citing what it termed disregard for its proceedings as reason.
The lawmakers berated the president
for appearing to be doing nothing about their rejection of Ibrahim Magu, acting
chairman of the EFCC.
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