Senate confirms 45 ministerial nominees; El-Rufai, Oketete, Danladi awaiting security clearance
After a week of rigorous scrutiny for some and brief introductions for others, the Senate eventually confirmed 45 of President Bola Tinubu’s 48 nominations for ministerial positions on Monday.
The lawmakers were subjected to a series of voice votes by Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, of which all but three were confirmed.
The three candidates, Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State; Stella Okotete from Delta State, and Abubakar Danladi, the former governor of Taraba State, were yet to be confirmed amid rumours they didn’t scale security screening.
The announcement of the confirmation comes more than a week after Mr Tinubu sent a 28-member list to the red chamber for vetting on July 27.
The Senate received a second list of 19 nominees from Mr Tinubu last Wednesday. Two days later, the President removed Maryam Shetty of Kano State from the list and substituted with Festus Keyamo and Mariya Mahmoud.
The names of the confirmed ministers are:
Nyesom Wike (Rivers)
Abubakar Kyari (Borno)
Iziaq Salako (Ogun)
Tunji Alausa (Lagos)
Lola Ade-John (Lagos)
Abubakar Momoh (Edo)
Mohammed Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa)
Yusuf Maitama Tuggar (Bauchi)
Uju Kennedy Ohaneye (Anambra)
Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (Ondo)
Nkieruka Onyejeocha (Abia)
Betta Edu (Cross River State)
Engr Joseph Utserv (Benue)
Senator John Owan Enoh (Cross River)
Hon. Bello Mohammad (Sokoto)
Imaan Sulieman Ibrahim (Nasarawa)
David Umahi (Ebonyi)
Adebayo Olawale Edun (Ogun)
Ahmed Musa Dangiwa (Katsina)
Uche Geoffrey Nnaji (Enugu)
Dele Alake (Ekiti)
Waheed Adebayo Adelabu (Oyo)
Mohammed Idris (Niger)
Prof Ali Pate (Bauchi)
Doris Anite Uzoka (Imo)
Lateef Fabemi SAN (Kwara)
Rt Hon Ekperikpe Ekpo (Akwa Ibom)
Hannatu Musawa (Katsina)
Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe)
Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi (Niger)
Hieneken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa)
Tahir Mamman SAN (Adamawa)
Zephaniah Jisalo (FCT)
Uba Maigari Ahmadu (Taraba)
Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu (Kogi)
Festus Keyamo SAN (Delta)
Alkali Ahmed Saidu (Gombe)
Tanko Sununu (Kebbi)
Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi)
Bello Matawalle (Zamfara)
Adegboyega Oyetola (Osun)
Simon Bako Lalong (Plateau)
Abdullahi Tijani Muhammad Gwarzo (Kano)
Bosun Tijani (Ogun)
Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure (Kano)
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