Senate Concludes Screening Of Ministerial Nominees

The Senate has concluded the screening of ministerial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Screening of nominees entered a second day  this week with the Senate quizzing five of the persons in the list of 38 ministerial nominees.

The ministerial nominees screened were Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia), Anwuka Anthony (Imo), Mohammed Musa Bello (Adamawa), Adamu Adamu (Bauchi) and Aisha Abubakar (Sokoto).

One nominee, Aisha Abubakar, who had a petition against her, was asked to take a bow.

All the nominees have been screened but only 18 of them have been confirmed by the Senate.

The remaining 18 are also expected to be confirmed at plenary on Thursday, as indicated by the Senate President, Bukula Saraki, after the screening on Wednesday.

The Senate adjourned sitting to Thursday.

On Tuesday, six ministerial nominees spent an average of an hour each at the Upper Chamber before the lawmakers, as different questions were put to them on different issues.

The questions bordered on corruption, education, politics and the economy