Buhari sends names of two ministerial nominees to Senate

President Muhammadu Buhari, has forwarded two ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation.

The two names are Steven Ikani Ocheni from Kogi State and Suleiman Hassan from Gombe State.

Ocheni replaces James Ocholi who died in a ghastly motor accident March last year.

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On the other hand, Hassan replaces Amina Mohammed who resigned from President Buhari’s cabinet in January to pick up a United Nations (UN) job in New York, United States of America.

President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, read the two names on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday.

 

 

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