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Senate confirms all 43 ministerial nominees

by Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo
July 30, 2019
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The appointment of forty-three (43) ministerial nominees sent to the hallow upper chamber of the national assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari has been confirmed by the Senate.

Buhari had last Tuesday sent a list of potential ministers to the Senate for screening.

The Senate postponed its annual vacation to conduct the screening of the ministers.

The nominees were screened within five days.

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While the seven women on the list were simply asked to address the upper chamber , bow and go, their male counterparts answered questions thrown at them by the lawmakers , with the exception of former lawmakers , who were also asked to take a bow and go.

See the list of confirmed ministerial nominees :
1 . Uchechukwu Ogah ( Abia )
2 . Godswill Akpabio ( Akwa Ibom )
3 . George Akume ( Benue )
4 . Ogbonnaya Onu ( Ebonyi)
5 . Emeka . Nwajuaba ( Imo)
6 . Olorunnibe Mamora ( Lagos)
7 . Olamilekan Adegbite ( Ogun)
8 . Adamu . Adamu ( Bauchi )
9 . Rotimi Amaechi ( Rivers )
10 . Sharon Ikeazor ( Anambra )
11 . Tayo Alasoadura ( Ondo )
12 . Mustapha Shehuri ( Borno )
13 . Abubakar Aliyu ( Yobe )
14 . Bashir Magashi ( Kano )
15 . Ramatu Aliyu ( Kogi )
16 . Timipre Sylva ( Bayelsa)
17 . Zubairu Dada ( Niger )
18 . Chris Ngige ( Anambra )
19 . Abdullahi Hassan ( Nasarawa )
20 . Sunday Dare ( Oyo )
21 . Muhammad Bello ( Adamawa )
22 . Sadiya Farouq ( Zamfara)
23 . Zainab Ahmed ( Kaduna )
24 . Adeniyi Adebayo ( Ekiti)
25 . Abubakar Malami ( Kebbi )
26 . Hadi Sirika ( Katsina)
27 . Osagie Enahire ( Edo)
28 . Paullen Tallen ( Plateau )
29 . Festus Keyamo ( Delta )
30 . Ali Isa Pantami ( Gombe )
31 . Maigarai Dingyadi ( Sokoto )
32 . Babatunde Fashola ( Lagos)
33 . Muhammad Mahmoud ( Kaduna)
34 . Gbemisola Saraki ( Kwara )
35 . Rauf Aregbesola
36 . Goddy Jedy-Agba
37 . Engr . Suleiman Adamu ( Jigawa )
38 . Ambassador Maryam Katagun ( Bauchi )
39 . Clement Agba ( Edo )
40 . Geoffrey Onyeama ( Enugu )
41 . Engr. Saleh Mamman ( Taraba )
42 . Sabo Nanono ( Kano )
43 . Lai Mohammed ( Kwara )

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