A new batch of ministerial nominees will be sent to the Senate for screening today by President Bola Tinubu.
The names would either come on Tuesday night or very early on Wednesday morning, a very reliable source in the Senate disclosed.
It was learnt that the names of the new batch of ministerial nominees would be read at the plenary today, according to the PUNCH.
The lawmaker added that the screening of the 28 nominees will be concluded today so that the next batch can be screened thereafter.
“By Wednesday, the new set of nominees will be unveiled, so that by Monday, we will be through with their screening.
“We want to conclude with the screening before we go on our recess. We wouldn’t want a situation where we would go on recess and we would now start calling lawmakers to back to come for screening,” the lawmaker said.
Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, had last week submitted names of 28 minister nominees to the Senate, who are currently undergoes screening.
The 28 minister-nominees include names like Nyesom Wike, David Umahi, Abubakar Momoh, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, Ahmed Dangiwa, Hannatu Musawa, Chief Uche Nnaji, Dr Betta Edu and Dr Doris Aniche Uzoka.
Gbajabiamila also confirmed that a second list made up of 13 names would be sent to the National Assembly, adding that this was part of the process of having a cabinet for the administration.
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