As the Nigerian Senate will continue the screening of ministerial nominees today, October 20, President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly dropped another appointee.
Members of the Senate during the ministerial screening.
The Senate president Bukola Saraki will reportedly read a letter from the Nigerian leader on a new ministerial nominee from Oyo state.
Vanguard reports that the first appointee from the state, Barrister Adebayo Shittu, may be replaced by Adewole Isaac Folorunsho.
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Barrister Adebayo Shittu was one of the 21 nominees sent to the Senate on September 30 and on October 14, Wednesday. His name was number nine on the order paper, but he was not called probably for lack of time. The chairman of the Senate ad-hoc committee on media and publicity, Senator Dino Melaye, said on Thursday that Shittu would be screened today.
Those enumerated for screening are Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers); Khadijah Abba-Ibrahim (Yobe); Claudius Omoleye Daramola (Ondo); Anthony Anwuka Gozie (Imo); Brig-Gen. Mansur Dan Ali, retd (Zamfara); James E. Ocholi (Kogi); Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed (Kaduna); Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Borno); Aisha Abubakar (Sokoto); Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa); Adamu Adamu (Bauchi); Pastor Usani Usani Uguru (Cross River) and Abubakar Bwari Bawa (Niger).
However, there are fears that the ex-governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi,may not be screened today.
Amaechi’s screening has been delayed twice, and he may be screened on October 21, Wednesday, because he is the 15th nominee listed for the exercise.
The senators have not screened more than nine appointees per day. Amaechi has been a source of division among senators on account of appeals against him.
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Speaking on whether or not the former governor would be confirmed today Senator Anyanwu, who heads the Senate committee on ethics, privileges and public petitions, stated that his panel will submit the report today as well as the report on the petition against Aisha Abubakar, another ministerial nominee.
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