“Consider S’East for Ministerial Appointment”, Reps Deputy Speaker Kalu Begs Tinubu As He Visits Ganduje
- President Bola Tinubu has been asked to reconsider adding to the number of those who will fill up his cabinet
- The House of Representatives Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu has urged President Tinubu to consider giving ministerial slots to South-East for equity and balance
- Kalu made the appeal during his visit to the new APC national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, at the party's secretariat on Thursday, August 9
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FCT, Abuja - The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has called on President Bola Tinubu to increase the number of ministers.
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Consider increasing ministerial slots for South-East, Kalu urges Tinubu
Kalu on Thursday, August 9, urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to consider increasing the ministerial slots for South-East for the sake of equity and federal character, The Punch reported.
The lawmaker made the plea when he paid a visit to the national chairman of the ruling APC and former governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje, at the party secretariat on Thursday.
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Ministerial slots: "South East region deserved more", says Kalu gives reason
In the composition of 48 ministers screened by the Senate, North-west, the zone with the highest number of states got 10 ministerial slots while North-East received eight, North-Central (8), South-West (9), South-South (9) and South-East (5).
Speaking with newsmen after the meeting, Kalu, the lawmaker representing Bende Federal Constituency in Abia State, argued that the South East region deserved more.
“Cabals behind El-Rufai’s ordeal, delay not allowed”, Council of Imams sends strong warning to Senate
The Council of Imams and Ulamas in Kaduna state has rejected the Senate's reason for the non-confirmation of the former Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai as a ministerial nominee.
The Senate had on Monday, August 7, suspended the confirmation of El-Rufai and two other ministerial nominees over pending security checks.
However, the Council of Imams and Ulamas in Kaduna State, described the senate's reason for not confirming El-Rufai as mere "politics of vendetta and abuse of power", against the former governor.
Court sacks prominent House of Reps member, gives reason
In another development, The Kano State national and state House of Assembly elections petition tribunal has sacked Muktar Umar Yerima of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as a lawmaker representing the Tarauni Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives.
Justice I.P. Chima-led three-person panel nullified the election of Yerima in the 2023 general election over alleged certificate forgery of his primary school certificate that was submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
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