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 resolutions.
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 by the senate.
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