Buhari sends names of 7 ministerial nominees to Senate for confirmation

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the names of seven nominees to the Senate for confirmation as ministers.

The nominees include, Henry Ikechukwu Ikoh from Abia State; Umana Okon Umana from Akwa Ibom State; Ekumankama Joseph Nkama, from Ebonyi State and Goodluck Nana Opiah from Imo State.

Others are Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub from, Kano State; Ademola Adewole Adegoroye from Ondo State and Odum Odi from Rivers State.

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The confirmation request was contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and read on the floor at the start of plenary on Tuesday.

President Buhari, in the letter, explained that the confirmation request was in accordance with the provisions of Section 147 subsection 2 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.

The ministerial nominees would be replacing some of the former ministers who, recently resigned their jobs to pursue political career including former Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio; Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, among others.

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