Breaking: Senate Begins Screening Of Ministerial Nominees

The Senate — Senators Screening Ministers

The Nigerian Senate on Monday commenced the screening of ministerial nominees sent to it by the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu last Thursday, July 27. Brief Profiles Of Tinubu’s 28 Ministerial Nominees

The screening exercise started at about 1: 30 pm during Monday plenary.

Edo State nominee, Abubakar Momoh, was the first to be screened. At the moment, the former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike is being screened.

The 28-man list of ministerial nominees was last Thursday released by the President of The Senate, Godswill Akpabio.

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