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Tinubu withdraws Shetty, nominates Keyamo in ministerial reshuffle
Dr. Mariam Shetty, a candidate from Kano State, has had her nomination withdrawn by the president, Bola Tinubu, on Friday.
Shetty was replaced by Mariya Mahmoud.
Festus Keyamo, a former spokesman for the Bola Tinubu presidential campaign council, and a minister for state under the Muhammadu BUhari administration was another candidate who made the latest ministerial list.
On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu sent a second list of 19 candidates to the Senate for screening.
READ ALSO:Tinubu forwards last batch of ministerial nominees to Senate
Reactions of Nigerians to President Bola Tinubu’s Wednesday nomination of Maryam Shetty from Kano State for a ministerial position on social media, notably Twitter, have been divided.
In addition to the 28 nominations that had already been received on August 2, Tinubu had forwarded an additional 19 names of ministerial candidates.
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