BREAKING: Anxiety as Senate Goes Into Closed-Door Session Over Ministerial List

• The Senate has been reported to have gone into a closed-door session during the plenary on Thursday
• Though they did not make it known why they were going for the closed-door session, it could not be unconnected with the names of the ministerial nominees reportedly transmitted to the Red Chamber by President Bola Tinubu
• Many Nigerians are already eager to know the calibre of people who made it to the final ministerial list of the President since he resumed office

FCT, Abuja - The Senate reportedly entered into a closed-door session during its plenary on Thursday as Nigerians await the unveiling the ministerial list.

During the sitting of the lawmakers on Thursday, July 27, the Senate resorted to going into an executive session in a bid that was unconnected to the modalities on how to screen President Bola Tinubu's ministerial nominees, expected to be revealed by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, The Nation reported.

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When Senate receives Tinubu's ministerial list

The Senate went into the closed-door session soon after the Senate President led the principal officers of the house and commenced the day's proceedings.

Akpabio is expected to read the ministerial nominees, as reportedly forwarded by President Tinubu, in the early hour of the day.

The constitution compels President Tinubu to unveil his ministers within his first 60 days in office. To beat the deadline, the president was reported to have forwarded the names of the nominees to the Senate on Thursday.

Gbajabiamila arrives Senate with a ministerial list

In another report, Femi Gbajabiamila, the president's chief of staff and former speaker of the House of Representatives, was reported to have arrived at the Senate with the ministerial list and was expected to hand it over to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.

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On the return of the Senators from their closed-door session, the Senate President is expected to read the names of the nominees to lawmakers and Nigerians on the floor of the house.

Ministerial List: APC lead counsel to become attorney general of the federation

Legit.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu has reportedly settled for Lateef Fagbemi as the attorney general of the federation and minister of justice.

Fagbemi is the lead counsel defending Tinubu and the APC before the presidential election petition court.

The President and his party appointed the Senior Advocate of Nigeria shortly after the INEC announced Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election.

Source: Legit.ng