President Bola Tinubu has forwarded additional 19 ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation.
The President had on July 27, 2023 sent the first ministerial nominee list, comprising 28 names to the Senate.
The Senate began the screening of the first batch on Monday and concluded on Wednesday.
The Chief of Staff to the President and the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajamiabila, presented the list to the Senate in the middle of screening on Wednesday.
The rules of the chamber were suspended at 3:15 pm to allow for the Chief of Staff to enter the Red Chamber.
The list containing 19 names was presented by Gbajabiamila to the Senate President, Godwin Akpabio, who later read out the names.
They are Abdullahi Gwarzo (Kano State); Dr Bosun Tijani (Ogun State); Dr Maryam Shetty, (Kano State); Isiak Salako and Tunji Alausa (Lagos State ).
Others are Dr Yusuf Tanko Sununu (Kebbi State ); Adegboyega Oyetola, ( Osun State ); Atiku Bagudu,(Kebbi State ); Bello Matawalle, ( Zamfara State ); Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe State ), Simon Lalong ( from Plateau State ); Lola Ade John and Shuaibu Abubakar Audu ( from Kogi State).
Also on the list are Prof Tahir Mamman, (Adamawa State); Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, (Niger State ); Senator Alkali Ahmed Saidu, ( Gombe State ); Senator Heineken Lokpobori (Bayelsa State ); Uba Maigari Ahmadu, (Taraba State ) and Zaphaniah Bitrus Jisalo ( from Federal Capital Territory).
On Wednesday, the Senate concluded the screening of the first batch of nominees. Fourteen had been screened on Monday, nine on Tuesday, the remaining five were screened on Wednesday.
The five nominees screened on Wednesday were the Special Adviser to the President, Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake; former Minister of Health, Ali Pate; a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Lateef Fagbemi; publisher of BluePrint Newspaper, Muhammed Idris, and Dr Doris Uzoka.
