BREAKING: Senate Suspends Confirmation of El-Rufai, 2 Other Tinubu's Nominees, Gives Reason
- The Senate has withheld the conformation of Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, as a ministerial of the federal republic of Nigeria
- Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, also suspended the confirmation of Stella Okotete from Delta State and Sani Danladi, the former governor of Taraba State
- According to Akpabio, the nominees' confirmation would be subjected to a security report that the Senate was yet to receive
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FCT, Abuja - The Senate has confirmed 45 of the 48 ministerial nominees that President Bola Tinubu submitted for screening and confirmation while suspending the confirmation of three others.
During the plenary on Monday, August 7, Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President monitored by legit.ng on NTA, disclosed that the three remaining nominees would be confirmed after due security clearance.
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The nominees yet to be confirmed are Nasir El-Rufai from Kaduna State, Stella Okotete from Delta State and Abubakar Sani Danladi from Taraba State.
The controversies around El-Rufai's nomination as Tinubu's minister
During the screening of El-Rufai, a two-term governor of Kaduna State, Senator Idris Karimi from Kogi State, raised an alarm that he was with a petition against the former governor, bordering on security and religion.
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But the Senate President dismissed the petition, stating that their job was to ask the nominees questions about their nomination and appointment if they succeeded.
Akpabio further noted that such a petition would be forwarded to the appropriate authority for investigation, and the Upper Chamber would work with the investigation report.
Why has the Senate yet to confirm Stella Okotete as Tinubu's minister
On Okptete, the Executive Director (Business Development) of Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), there was a controversy surrounding her nomination as she was accused of non-declaration of her assets.
The Code of Conduct bureau (CCB) was also petitioned to investigate the allegation that Okotete was operating a business while she was in active service.
Abubakar Sani Danladi, also a former governor of Taraba State, was not confirmed by the Red Chamber, who promised to confirm them once the security report was ready.
Senate asks Tinubu to appoint auditor-general with immediate effect
Legit.ng earlier reported that the Senate has written to President Bola Tinubu to immediately appoint an auditor-general for the federation by Section 86 of the 1999 constitution.
Senator Aliyu Wadada, chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Account, said the absence of the auditor-general for the last 10 has opened the government to mismanagement.
Wadada further explained that the absence of the auditor-general of the federation would frustrate the government's efforts in the fight against corruption.
Source: Legit.ng
