Senate Postpones Screening Of Ojukwu, Six Other Ministerial Nominees

ABUJA – The Senate, on Tuesday, post­poned the Ministerial screening and appointments of Bianca Odinaka Odumegu-Ojukwu, wife of former Governor of Eastern Region, late Chief Odumegu Ojukwu.

Biance was to be screened as the Minister of State, Foreign Af­fairs, along with six other nom­inees.

Recall, President Bola Tinubu last week forwarded seven minis­terial nominees to the Senate.

The action followed non-com­pletion of documentation by some of the nominees.

In a letter he signed, the Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado said the postponement was to allow all nominees to conclude all aspects of documentation and pre-screening exercises.

“The screening has been re­scheduled for Wednesday, October 30, 2024,” he said.

The seven ministerial nom­inees forwarded to the Senate for confirmation by President Bola Tinubu last week are – Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Pov­erty Reduction, Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, Minister of Labour and Employment and Bianca Odinaka Odumegu – Ojuk­wu, Minister of State, Foreign Affairs .

Others are Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Trade and Development, Idi Muktar Maiha, Minister of Livestock Develop­ment, Rt Hon Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, Minister of State, Housing and Suwaiba Said Ahmad, Min­ister of State, Education.

The nominees are expected to be screened and confirmed by the Senate in compliance with Section 147 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As Amended).