Senate confirms all 43 of Buhari’s ministerial nominees

The Senate on Tuesday, confirmed all 43 of the ministerial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari, after it’s screening exercise.

Buhari had on Tuesday, July 23, sent the nominees’ list to the senators for screening and possible confirmation.

The lawmakers started the screening a day after, and completed the exercise within five working days.

The mantra of “take a bow and go” had made the work easier for the federal lawmakers as a good number of the nominees were screened without being questioned.

Meanwhile, speculations that many of the nominees may not be confirmed for alleged failure to provide proof of their asset declaration as contained in Order 121 of the Senate, never came to play.

The order states “The Senate shall not consider the nomination of any person who has occupied any office contained in part 1 of the 5th Schedule of the constitution prior to his nomination unless there is written evidence that he has declared his assets and liabilities as required by Section13 of Part 1 of the 5th Schedule to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Such declaration shall be required for scrutiny by the Senate.”

While the Senate had asked the nominees to send in proof of their asset declaration or possibly risk disqualification, the lawmakers failed to clarify, if the nominees complied with its instruction.

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Full list of all nominees screened and confirmed are:

1. Uchechukwu Ogah (Abia)

2. Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom)

3. George Akume (Benue)

4. Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi)

5. Emeka. Nwajuaba (Imo)

6. Olorunnibe Mamora (Lagos)

7. Olamilekan Adegbite (Ogun)

8. Adamu. Adamu (Bauchi)

9. Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers)

10. Sharon Ikeazor (Anambra)

11. Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo)

12. Mustapha Shehuri (Borno)

13. Abubakar Aliyu (Yobe)

14. Bashir Magashi (Kano)

15. Ramatu Aliyu (Kogi)

16. Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa)

17. Zubairu Dada (Niger)

18. Chris Ngige (Anambra)

19. Abdullahi Hassan (Nasarawa)

20. Sunday Dare (Oyo)

21. Muhammad Bello (Adamawa)

22. Sadiya Farouq (Zamfara)

23. Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna)

24. Adeniyi Adebayo (Ekiti)

25. Abubakar Malami (Kebbi)

26. Hadi Sirika (Katsina)

27. Osagie Ehanire (Edo)

28. Paullen Tallen (Plateau)

29. Festus Keyamo (Delta)

30. Ali Isa Pantami (Gombe)

31. Maigari Dingyadi (Sokoto)

32. Babatunde Raji Fashola (Lagos)

33. Dr.Mohammed Mahmoud (Kaduna)

34. Gbemisola Saraki (Kwara)

35. Rauf Aregbesola (Osun)

36. Goddy Jedy- Agba (Cross River)

37. Suleiman Adamu Kazaure (Jigawa)

38. Amb Mariam Katagum (Bauchi)

39. Clement I.K. Anade Agba (Edo)

40. Geoffrey Onyeama (Enugu)

41. Engr. Saleh Mamman (Taraba)

42. Sabo Nanono (Kano)

43. Lai Mohammed (Kwara)

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