- The confirmation hearing is being held on the floor of the upper legislative chamber.
- Last week, Tinubu sacked five ministers and asked the senate to confirm seven new ministerial nominees.
The Senate is set to begin screening confirmation hearing for the newly appointed ministers.
Recall that the screening exercise was rescheduled from Tuesday to today to allow the seven nominees to complete their paperwork.
This comes after President Bola Tinubu’s recent cabinet reshuffle, where five ministers were relieved of their duties and seven new nominees were put forward for confirmation.
Bianca Odinaka Odumegu-Ojukwu was appointed as minister of state foreign affairs and Jumoke Oduwole was assigned to the ministry of industry, trade and investment.
Nentawe Yilwatda was appointed to replace the suspended Betta Edu as the minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty reduction while Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi was named the new minister of labour and employment.
While Idi Mukhtar Maiha was appointed as the minister of livestock development, Yusuf Abdullahi Ata was named as the minister of state, housing and urban development.
Also, Tinubu approved the appointment of Suwaiba Said Ahmad as the minister of state, education.
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