Meet The Probable New Ministerial Nominee For Oyo

As Nigerian Senate will continue the screening of ministerial nominees today, October, 20, the signs appeared that President Muhammadu Buhari has dropped another appointee.

Members of the Senate during the ministerial screening.

The Senate president Bukola Saraki will reportedly read a letter from the Nigerian leader on a new ministerial nominee from Oyo state.

Vanguard reports that the first appointee from the state Barrister Adebayo Shittu may be substituted by Adewole Isaac Folorunsho.

Barrister Adebayo Shittu was one of the 21 nominees sent to the Senate on September 30 and on October 14, Wednesday his name was number nine on the Order Paper, but was, meanwhile, not called likely for lack of time, just as Chairman, Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Dino Melaye had said on Thursday that Shittu would be screened today.

Those enumerated for screening: Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers); Khadijah Abba-Ibrahim (Yobe); Claudius Omoleye Daramola (Ondo); Anthony Anwuka Gozie (Imo); Brig-Gen. Mansur Dan Ali, retd (Zamfara); James E. Ocholi (Kogi); Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed (Kaduna); Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Borno); Aisha Abubakar (Sokoto); Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa); Adamu Adamu (Bauchi); Pastor Usani Usani Uguru (Cross River) and Abubakar Bwari Bawa (Niger).

However, there are fears that ex-governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi, may not be screened today.

Ex-governor, whose screening had been delayed twice may be screened on October 21, Wednesday, because he is the 15th nominee listed for the exercise.

The senators have not screened more than nine appointees per day. Amaechi has been a source of division among senators on account of appeals against him.

Speaking on whether or not the former governor would be confirmed today Senator Anyanwu, who heads Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, stated that his panel will submit the report today as well as the report on the petition against Aisha Abubakar, another ministerial nominee, would equally be submitted at the plenary.

Source: Naij.com