By Yahaya Umar, Abuja
The Senate, yesterday, in one fell swoop confirmed the appointment of all seven ministerial nominees of submitted last week for accelerated consideration by President Bola Tinubu.
Senate suspended its rule to admit the ministerial nominees.
The screening was brought forward to yesterday after it did not hold on Tuesday due to incomplete documentation of some nominees started with Nentawe Yilwatda, the nominee appointed to replace Betta Edu as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction.
Senators subsequently screened other appointees including Bianca Odumegu-Ojukwu nominated as the Minister of State Foreign Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi nominated as the Minister of Labour and Employment, Jumoke Oduwole nominated as the Minister of Industry.
Also screened were Idi Maiha as Minister for the newly created Livestock Development Ministry, Yusuf Ata as the Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, and Suwaiba Ahmad as Minister of State Education.
Nominees were asked questions on what they have in stock to pilot affairs of various designated ministries and the federal lawmakers were apparently satisfied by giving the nominees a clean bill of health with subsequently confirmed their portfolios.
AljazirahNigeria reports that Tinubu had last Wednesday sacked five ministers, re-assigned 10 ministers to new ministerial portfolios and appointed seven new ministers confirmed by the Senate yesterday.
Miniters sacked included Uju-Ken Ohanenye as Minister of Women Affairs; Lola Ade-John as Minister of Tourism; Tahir Mamman as Minister of Education; Abdullahi Gwarzo as Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development; and Jamila Ibrahim as Minister of Youth Development. While Yusuf Sununu who was removed as the Minister of State for Education named as the Minister of State, Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction.
Olatunji Alausa, was reassigned as the Minister of Education from his designation as the Minister of State, Health.
Bello Goronyo, was removed as Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation and reassigned as Minister of State Works.
Abubakar Momoh, was relieved as Minister of Niger Delta Development and reassigned as Minister of Regional Development.
Tinubu reassigned Uba Maigari Ahmadu as Minister of State, Regional Development, from his previous portfolio as Minister of State, Steel Development.
Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Doris Uzoka-Anite, was reassigned as Minister of State Finance to deputised the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun.
President Tinubu reassigned Sports Minister John Enoh as the new Minister of State, Trade and Investment.
Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim was removed as Minister of State, Police Affairs and reassigned as Minister of Women Affairs.
Ayodele Olawande was elevated as Minister of Youth Development from his initial portfolio as Minister of State for Youth Development.
Minister of State, Environment, Iziak Salako was reassigned as Minister of State, Health.
