The senate, on Tuesday, confirmed all the 43 ministerial nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari as “ministers of the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
The confirmation climaxed the screening of the nominees which began last Wednesday.
Before the confirmation, the lawmakers screened the last three nominees.
They were the former minister of information and culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed (Kwara State), Mr. Saleh Mamman (Taraba) and Mr. Sabo Nanono (Kano).
Out of the three, Mohammed, who never served as a lawmaker, was given the traditional “take a bow and go” treatment because he had been All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal party man.
All the nominees who were screened and confirmed within five days and are expected to attend the weekly federal executive council meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) are: Ikechukwu Oga, (Abia); Mohammed Musa Bello, (Adamawa); Godswill Akpabio, (Akwa Ibom); Chris Ngige, (Anambra); Sharon Ikeazor, (Anambra); Adamu Adamu, (Bauchi) Maryam Katagum, (Bauchi), and Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa).
Others are George Akume, (Benue); Mustapha Baba Shehuri, (Borno); Goddy Agba, (Cross Rivers); Festus Keyamo, (Delta); Ogbonnaya Onu, (Ebonyi); Osagie Enakhire, (Edo); Clement Agba, (Edo); Adeniyi, (Ekiti); Geoffrey Onyeama, (Enugu); Ali Issa Fantami, (Gombe); Emeka Nwajiuba, (Imo); Suleiman Adamu, (Jigawa); Zainab Ahmed, (Kaduna); Mohammed Mahmoud, (Kaduna); Sabo Nanono, (Kano); Bashir Salihi Magashi, (Kano); Hadi Sirika, (Katsina); Abubakar Malami, (Kebbi); Ahmadu Tijani, (Kogi); Lai Mohammed, (Kwara); Gbemisola Saraki, (Kwara), and Raji Fashola (Lagos).
Olorunimbe Momora, (Lagos); Muhammed Abdullahi, (Nasarawa); Zubeira Dada, (Niger); Olamilekan Adegbite, (Ogun); Tayo Alasoadura, (Ondo); Rauf Aregbesola, (Osun); Sunday Dare, (Oyo); Pauline Tallen, (Plateau); Rotimi Amaechi, (Rivers); Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, (Sokoto); Saleh Mamman, (Taraba); Abubakar Aliyu, (Yobe) and Sadiya Umar Farouk (Zamfara) were also confirmed.
