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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd. ), has proposed seven people for appointment as Ministers, who will be screened and confirmed by the Senate.
On Tuesday, Senate President Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letter of request on the Floor of the Senate in Abuja.
The president stated in the letter read by Lawan that the candidates would take the place of former ministers who had resigned from his cabinet.
The letter read in part, “In accordance with Section 8 Subsection 2 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, I hereby forward the under-listed ministerial nominees for your confirmation.
The nominees are:
- Henry Ikechukwu Ikoh – Abia State
- Umana Okon Umana – Akwa Ibom State
- Egwumakama Joseph Nkama – Ebonyi State
- Goodluck Nnana Opiah – Imo State
- Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub – Kano State
- Ademola Adewole Adegoroye – Ondo State
- Odum Odih – Rivers State
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