“I Had Lost Hope”: Festus Keyamo Reveals What He Was About to Do Before Making Tinubu’s Ministerial List

“I Had Lost Hope”: Festus Keyamo Reveals What He Was About to Do Before Making Tinubu’s Ministerial List

  • The spokesperson of the APC presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo, has revealed what he was about to do before making President Bola Tinubu's ministerial list
  • Keyamo said he has lost hope of becoming a minister under Tinubu's administration and was preparing to go on vacation with his family
  • The former minister was the 48 ministerial nominee President Tinubu sent to the Nigerian Senate for screening and confirmation

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Former Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), said he has hope of becoming a minister after President Bola Tinubu submitted the first batch of the ministerial to the Nigerian Senate for screening and confirmation.

Keyamo disclosed that he was about to go on vacation with his family before he heard of his ministerial appointment, Vanguard reported.

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Keyamo says he had lost hope of becoming a minister Photo credit: Festus Keyamo/Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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I had lost hope of becoming a minister, Keyamo says

He stated this during his screening at the Senate on Monday, August, 7.

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“I had lost hope of becoming a minister.
“I had already packed my bags for vacation with my family before I heard about my nomination as a minister. So I am happy to be here today”.

He commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for nominating him

“My being here is by the grace of God and by the special benevolence of President Bola Tinubu.”

Anxiety as Senate stops screening of Tinubu's ministerial nominee Keyamo, details emerge

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Nigerian Senate is currently screening Delta State nominee Festus Keyamo, SAN.

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This is coming a few minutes after the ministerial nominee from Kano State, Dr Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure, was screened at the red chamber on Monday afternoon, August 7, 2023.

Some of the Senators raised a motion backed by Senator Darlighton Nwkocha to look into the affairs of Keyamo's past ministerial works.

Tinubu finally nominates Keyamo as minister, replaces Shetty from Kano

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.

“He’s a miracle-working God”: Festus Keyamo reacts after making Tinubu's ministerial list

The immediate past minister of state for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has reacted to his ministerial nomination by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Keyamo was nominated by President Tinubu today, Friday, August 4, after missing the two previous lists of ministerial nominees.

Source: Legit.ng

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Adekunle Dada (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Adekunle Dada is a trained journalist with over 7 years of working experience. He is also a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a B.Sc. in Mass Communication From Lagos State University, Ojo. Adekunle previously worked at PM News, The Sun, and Within Nigeria where he expressed his journalistic skills with well-researched articles and features. In 2024, Adekunle obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. He can be reached via adekunle.dada@corp.legit.ng.