Kachikwu, Fashola, 16 Other Ministerial Nominees Get Senate Confirmation

BEVERLY HILLS, October 14, (THEWILL) – The Senate Thursday confirmed the Group General Manager (GMD) of the NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, former Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola and 16 ministerial nominees, who were screened on Wednesday and Thursday.

Their confirmation was done through a voice vote by senators present at Thursdays screening exercise, where only 8 nominees were screened.

The Senate had on Wednesday screened 10 nominees. Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, who presided over the Wednesday and Thursday sessions, read out the names of the nominees one after another before the voice votes.

The other nominees who got confirmed are: Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma (A-Ibom), Dr. Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Chief Audu Ogbeh (Benue), Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi), Dr. Osagie Ehanire (Edo), Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (Kano), Alhaji Lai Mohammed (Kwara), Amina Ibrahim Mohammed (Gombe), Engr. Suleiman H. Adamu (Jigawa), Ibrahim Usman Jibril (Nasarawa), Abubakar Malami, SAN, Dr (Sen.) Chris Nwabueze Ngige (Anambra), Sen. Aisha Jummai Alhassan, Barrister Solomon Dalong, Mrs Kemi Adeosun (Ogun) and Sen. Hadi Sirika.

The senate postponed the screening of former Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi to enable the senate panel investigating allegations of graft against him by senators from his state, submit its report.