President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has urged the Senate to consider and confirm seven nominees for ministerial appointments.
During a plenary session, Senate President Godswill Akpabio read President Tinubu’s letter of request.
The ministerial nominees up for the Senate’s consideration and approval include Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda (Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction), Muhammadu Dingyadi (Labour and Employment), Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu (State Foreign Affairs), and Dr. Jumoke Oduwole (Industry, Trade, and Investment).
Others are Idi Mukhtar Maiha (Livestock Development); Yusuf Ata (State, Housing and Urban Development) and Dr. Suwaiba Ahmad (State Education).
Odumegwu-Ojukwu, a former ambassador to Spain, is a prominent member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
If cleared, the former beauty queen and wife of the late Dim Emeka Chukemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, will increase the number of opposition party members in FEC to two.
Akpabio referred the nominees to the Committee of Whole for further legislative work as soon as possible.
However, it was learnt that the nominees may be screened during plenary on Wednesday next week.
