“For the Records”: Festus Keyamo Reacts to Confirmation of His Ministerial Appointment by Senate
- The spokesman of the APC presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo, has reacted after being confirmed as a minister
- Reacting to the confirmation, the former Minister of State for Labour and Employment, simply wrote "For the records"
- The Nigerian Senate went into a closed-door meeting after a rowdy session during the screening of Keyamo on Monday, August 7
Former Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has reacted to his confirmation as minister of the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Keyamo was forced to apologise to the Senate following the rowdy session that took place during his ministerial screening at the Senate on Monday, August 7.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the confirmation of Keyamo and other 44 ministerial nominees.
Keyamo reacts to confirmation of his ministerial appointment
Reacting to the confirmation from the Senate in a video, Keyamo, on his Twitter handle @fkeyamo, simply wrote: "For the records."
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“I had lost hope”: Festus Keyamo reveals what he was about to do before making Tinubu’s ministerial list
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that former Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), said he had lost 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.
Akpabio rushes to President Tinubu as senators kick against Keyamo’s screening
The Nigerian Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has rushed to the Presidential Villa to meet with President Bola Tinubu following the uproar during the screening of Festus Keyamo.
Akpabio arrived at the State House at about 2.25 pm, shortly after the Senate adjourned for a closed-door session.
Drama as Keyamo apologises to Senate after rowdy session
Festus Keyamo, President Bola Tinubu's ministerial nominee from Delta State, had apologised to the Senate for ignoring the summon of the lawmakers when he was serving as a minister under former President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Senate was about to screen Keyamo when Senator Darlington Nwokocha from Abia Central raised a point of order on Section 88 of the Constitution, moving a motion for the Senate to suspend the screening of Keyamo.
“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