President Muhammadu Buhari has sent
names of two new ministerial nominees to
the Senate for confirmation.
DAILY POST gathered that the letter arrived
the Senate late Tuesday.
The two nominees are from Kogi and Gombe
state.
The Kogi nominee will replace the late
Minister of State for Labour, Barr. James
Ocholi while the nominee from Gombe will
replace former Minister for Environment Ms
Amina Mohammed who had gone to serve in
the United Nations as a deputy Secretary
General.
It is not yet known if the Senate will screen
the nominees as it stood down 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 proceedings.
Immediately the motion was moved for the
confirmation of the nominees, on Tuesday,
the Senators took their turns to lambast what
they described as “affront” on them by the
executive.
Senator Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North), who
led the debate on the motion, accused the
executive of looking down on the legislature.
The lawmakers were specifically angered that,
the EFCC boss, Magu, was still being allowed
by the President to act as Chairman of the
anti-graft agency, even when the Senate had
long rejected him.
They argued that, the principle of separation
of powers was under threat and that there
was urgent need to put things in the right
perspectives.
The lawmakers vowed not to confirm any of
the nominees, until their decision on Magu
was duly implemented by the President.
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, however,
saved the day, when he interceded that the
confirmation should rather be stepped down
and not total rejection, until the executive
would be adequately briefed on the recent
workings of the Senate.
With the deputy Senate President, Ike
Ekweremadu, corroborating Saraki’s stance,
the lawmakers, therefore, resolved to step
down action on the confirmation for 2 weeks,
until the President implements their earlier
decision.
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