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President Goodluck Jonathan, today, Wednesday,
submitted the name of the former governor of Kano State, Mallam Ibrahim
Shekarau and a former senator from Ekiti state, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye for
ministerial appointments.
SHOWBIZPLUSng checks revealed that also
on the list as ministerial nominees which was forwarded to the Senate for
confirmation and read by the Senate President, Senator David Mark during
plenary were Dr. Abdul Bulama from Yobe State and the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, South-South zonal Vice-Chairman, Dr. Stephen Oruh.
The letter forwarded by President
Jonathan to the senate through the Senate president with the heading,
Confirmation of ministerial nominees read thus, “In accordance with Section 147
subsection 2 of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as
amended, I have the honour to forward the under listed ministerial nominees for
consideration for senate confirmation.
“Dr. Abdul Bulama, Yobe state, Dr.
Stephen Oruh Delta State, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau Kano State, Prince Adedayo
Adeyeye, Ekiti State.
“It is my hope that this exercise
will receive the usual kind expeditious consideration of the distinguished
members of the senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
The President also attached the
Curriculum vitae of the nominees in the letter.
As the Senate President read the
letter, the name of the former governor of Kano State Mallam Shekarau who
recently dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the ruling PDP caused
some uproar as some senators murmured over his nomination.
It was gathered that three out of
the four ministerial nominees will fill the gap created by the exit of the
former minister of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Elder Godsday
Orubebe (Delta), the minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade (Ekiti), and minister
of state for finance, Yerima Ngama (Yobe).
Vanguard
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