President
Muhammadu Buhari has sent names of two new ministerial nominees to the Senate
for confirmation.
A source close
to the Senate told our correspondent that the letter arrived the Senate late
Tuesday.
The source
revealed that the two nominees are from Kogi and Gombe state.
Our
correspondent gathered that the Kogi nominee will be replacing the late
Minister of State for Labour, Barr. James Ocholi while the nominee from Gombe
would be replacing former Minister for Environment Ms Amina Mohammed who had
gone to serve in the United Nations as a deputy Secretary General.
The list of
ministerial nominees is coming at a time when the Senate stood down for two
weeks consideration of the request of President Buhari for the appointment of
Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs).
The Senate
based its decision on what it termed disregard for its proceedings.
The upper
legislative chamber specifically berated the President for appearing to be
doing nothing about the rejection of Ibrahim Magu a the Chairman of the EFCC
but allowing him to function in acting capacity.
The senate
stressed that it was wrong to leave any appointee in acting capacity even after
he had been rejected twice buy the senate especially wen the President or his
Vice is in office.
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