Section 147 (3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As amended) provides that the President shall appoint at least one Minister from each State, who shall be an indigene of such State. This provision however doesn’t expressly include the FCT. READ ALSO: Tinubu nominates Oyetola, Bagudu, Matawalle, 16 Others in fresh Ministerial list Following years of clamour for the appointment of a Minister of the Government...
The Senate adjourned to Friday for the commencement of a second batch of screening for the fresh list of nineteen (19) nominees sent in by the Senate. Both lists submitted by President Tinubu brings the Ministers in the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to 47 if they are confirmed by the Senate. READ ALSO: Ministerial Screening: 7 Things you should know about the process With the Senate set to conclude the final round...
Following in the footsteps of former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari who had adopted the practice of submitting their cabinet nominees in batches, President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday sent what is believed to be a final Ministerial list to the National Assembly READ ALSO: Ministerial list: Beyond mere rituals, as Nigerians await Tinubu’s ‘(wo)men’ With the Senate set to conclude the final round of screening for the first batch of Ministerial...
Edun; current Presidential Advisor on Monetary Policies had his turn Tuesday at the Ministerial Screening. He however, had to grapple with the mixed bag of accolades and bombardment that came his way. Here’s a summary of his session. READ ALSO: Ministerial Screening: 7 Things you should know about the process Following the Senate’s resumption of screening for Minister Designates on Tuesday, the lawmakers screened nine of the fourteen remaining nominees....
The Reps Spokesperson empathised with Nigerians over the hardship being experienced owing to the removal of fuel subsidy, as well as clamour by the NLC for relief of Nigerian workers. READ ALSO: Senate to probe fuel subsidy, under-recovery regime under Buhari’s Administration The House of Representatives has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve their planned peaceful protest across the country. The plea was contained in a statement issued by the...
Twenty years after he was screened as Ministerial nominee, Nasir El-Rufai is back at the National Assembly for the same purpose. The odds are however different this time as Kogi West Senator raise issues about the former Kaduna Governor READ ALSO: Take A Bow: Borno Ministerial Nominee screened without uttering a word As Senators continue the screening of ministerial nominees on the second day of the exercise, the lawmaker representing Kogi West...
The motion sponsor revealed that the restriction currently allows only five licensed independent petroleum marketers to dispense petroleum products to over 500,000 residents in over 150 dispersed (border) towns and villages. The Senate has tasked the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the National Security Adviser (NSA) to lift the restriction on the supply of petroleum products to border communities. This is as it calls for intensified preventive and enforcement...
As the Senate screens Senator John Owan Enoh; one of President Tinubu’s twenty-eight (28) Ministerial nominees with a legislative background. We present a profile of the former State and Federal lawmaker from Cross River State READ ALSO: Ministerial Screening: 7 Things you should know about the process Having spent over twenty years in the legislative arm of government, fifty-seven-year-old John Owan Enoh is one of ten nominees (with a legislative background) sent...
In this part of our series on President Bola Tinubu’s Ministerial Nominees with legislative background, the focus is on Senator David Umahi; a serving Senator and nominee from Ebonyi State READ ALSO: Ministerial Screening: 7 Things you should know about the process Sixty-year-old Senator David Umahi is one of ten nominees sent by President Bola Tinubu for screening and possible confirmation by the National Assembly. According to Section 147 (2), any appointment to...
In continuation of our series on Ministerial nominees with legislative background, here’s a profile of Senator Abubakar Kyari from Borno State, who is the Acting National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) READ ALSO: Ministerial list: Beyond mere rituals, as Nigerians await Tinubu’s ‘(wo)men’ The Tenth National Assembly is in the process of screening nominees of President Bola Tinubu for the Office of Minister of the Government of the Federation...
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