BREAKING: Tinubu Finally Nominates Keyamo As Minister, Replaces Shetty from Kano
- President Tinubu has finally nominated Festus Keyamo, the former minister of state for labour and productivity under immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari
- The president also withdrew the nomination of Maryam Shetty from Kano State and replaced her with Mairiga Mahmud
- Mahmud was the former commissioner for higher education in Kano State under the immediate past administration of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, the new national chairman of the APC
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FCT, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu has sent another communication to the Senate, announcing the withdrawal of the nomination of Maryam Shetty and replacing her with Mairiga Mahmud.
In the new correspondence, the president also nominated Festus Keyamo, a former minister under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, to represent Delta State.
Source: Twitter
How Tinubu nominated Buhari's minister
Keyamo also served as the spokesperson of the Bola Tinubu presidential campaign council in the build-up to the February 25 presidential election.
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The development was announced by Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, during the plenary on Friday, August 4.
The nomination of Shetty generated mixed reactions on social media when her name was first read on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday, August 2, by the Senate president when the president sent the second batch of the nominees.
All you need to know abour Mairiga Mahmud, the new Kano ministerial nominees
Mairiga Mahmud, the new ministerial nominee from Kano, served as the Kano State commissioner for higher education under former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje during his second term in office.
Incidentally, Ganduje on Thursday, August 3, was elected as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the 12th national convention of the ruling party in Abuja.
President Tinubu, on Thursday, July 27, submitted names of 28 ministerial nominees and, on Wednesday, submitted its second batch. With the nomination of Keyamo, the total number of ministerial nominees is 48.
This was disclosed in a tweet by NTA on Friday, August 4. See the tweet here:
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