Full List of Ministers Confirmed By Senate, States, Region

The Senate has confirmed some of the ministerial nominees by President Bola Tinubu following their screening on Monday, August 7.

During a plenary on Monday, August 7, Godswill Akpabio, the Senate president, announced the confirmation of 45 of the 48 persons nominated by President Tinubu, as monitored by Legit.ng on NTA.

How Senate screened Tinubu's ministerial nominees

President Tinubu, on July 27, forwarded the names of 28 ministerial nominees to the Red Chamber through the chief of staff to the President and former speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.

The president afterwards transmitted the names of 19 other candidates on Tuesday, August 1, including former governors, Senators, technocrats and party loyalists.

In a dramatic scenario, the president wrote to the senate to withdraw the name of Maryam Shetty and replace her with Mariya Mahmoud, following the criticism of her nomination on Social media and nominated the Festus Keyamo on Thursday, August 3.

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This made the total ministerial list 48, but the Senate only confirmed 45 on Monday.

Below is the list of those confirmed, their states and region:

South-South Zone – 7 nominees

1. Ekperikpe Ekpo (Akwa Ibom)
2. Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa)
3. Betta Edu (Cross River)
4. John Enoh (Cross River)
5. Festus Keyamo (Delta)
6. Abubakar Momoh (Edo)
7. Nyesom Wike (Rivers)

South East Zone — 5

1. Nkiru Onyejiocha (Abia)
2. Uju Ohaneye (Anambra)
3. David Umahi (Ebonyi)
4. Uche Nnaji (Enugu)
5. Doris Uzoka (Imo)

South West Zone — 9

1. Dele Alake (Ekiti)
2. Tunji Alausa (Lagos)
3. Lola Ade John (Lagos)
4. Ishak Salako (Ogun)
5. Bosun Tijjani (Ogun)
6. Olawale Edun (Ogun)
7. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (Ondo)
8. Adegboyega Oyetola (Osun)
9. Adebayo Adelabu (Oyo)

North East Zone — 7

1. Tahir Mamman (Adamawa)
2. Yusuf M Tuggar (Bauchi)
3. Ali Pate (Bauchi)
4. Abubakar Kyari (Borno)
5. Alkali Ahmed Saidu (Gombe)
6. Uba Maigari Ahmadu (Taraba)
7. Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe)

North West Zone — 9

1. Mohammed Badaru (Jigawa)
2. Maryam Mairiga Mahmoud (Kano)
3. Abdullahi T Gwarzo (Kano)
4. Ahmad Dangiwa (Katsina)
5. Hanatu Musawa (Katsina)
6. Yusuf Tanko Sununu (Kebbi)
7. Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi)
8. Bello M Goronyo (Sokoto)
9. Bello Matawalle (Zamfara)

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North Central Zone — 8

1. Joseph Utsev (Benue)
2. Zephaniah Bitrus Jisalo (FCT)
3. Shuaibu A Audu (Kogi)
4. Lateef Fagbemi (Kwara)
5. Imaan S-Ibrahim (Nasarawa)
6. Mohammed Idris (Niger)
7. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi (Niger)
8. Simon Lalong (Plateau)

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