Ministers’ Swearing-In Ceremony Holds At Presidential Villa

 

This comes under seven days after President Bola Tinubu delivered the portfolios for the deputies.

The introduction of the 45 affirmed pastors assign is being held at the Meeting Focus of the State House, Abuja.

This comes under seven days after President Bola Tinubu delivered the portfolios for the deputies, including previou River State Governor Nyesom Wike responsible for the Service of Government Capital Region (FCT) and Festus Keyamo monitoring the Service of Flying.

A few different pastors are Grain Edun (Money and Organizing Priest of the Economy), Adegboyega Oyetola (Transportation), David Umahi (Works), Festus Keyamo (Flying and Aviation Improvement), and Betta Edu (Philanthropic Undertakings and Destitution Mitigation).

El-Rufai’s Pending Clearance

Nasir-El-Rufai has been in the eye of the storm, since the Senate’s refusal to confirm the former Kaduna State governor earlier this month, as well as Stella Okotete (Delta State) and Abubakar Danladi (Taraba State) over pending security clearances.

The non-confirmation came over a week after Tinubu’s transmission of a 28-member list to the red chamber on July 27.

During his screening, he was quizzed on a “strong petition” against him bordering on security issues presumably in his state. However, Senate President Godswill Akpabio asked the ex-governor not to “bother” addressing the issue as the Senate was not in charge of such petitions.

Days later, he was denied confirmation, leading to an alleged friction between El-Rufai and the Presidency.

On Sunday, the one-time FCT minister posted a cryptic message on X, formerly Twitter.

Quoting lyrics from the late Jamaican singer Bob Marley’s ‘Who The Cap Fit’, the former governor’s post drew speculation over seeming traitors in light of his non-confirmation.

his non-confirmation.

 

Early Redeployments

Tinubu on Sunday redeployed ex-Governor of Osun State and minister-designate, Adegboyega Oyetola, from the Ministry of Transportation to the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy.

The President also redeployed another minister-designate, Abubakar Momoh, from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development.

“The Federal Ministry of Youth is to be re-assigned to a Minister-Designate soon,” said presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, adding that the changes take immediate effect.

According to Ngelale, Tinubu also redeployed minister-designate Bunmi Tunji-Ojo to the Ministry of Interior while Sa’idu Alkali was redeployed as the Minister of Transportation.

 

Week-Long Screening

On July 31, the Senate screened former governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike; Abubakar Kyari of Borno State; Nkiruka Onyejeocha (Abia State); Bello Muhammad (Sokoto State); Sani Abubakar Danladi (Taraba State); and Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa State).

Others screened were Joseph Utsev (Benue State), Olubunmi Tunji Ojo (Ondo State), Betta Edu (Cross River State), Uju Kennedy Ohaneye (Anambra State), Abubakar Momoh (Edo State), John Enoh (Cross River State), Iman Suleiman Ibrahim (Nasarawa State), and Yusuf Maitama Tuggar (Bauchi State).

The Senate on Tuesday underwent the same procedure for ex-governors Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna) and Dave Umahi (Ebonyi); Wale Edun, Uche Nnaji, Stella Okotete, Adebayo Adelabu, Ekperikpe Ekpo, Hannatu Musawa, and Musa Dangiwa.

The following day, the red chamber screened Dele Alake, Lateef Fagbemi and Muhammad Idris, Ali Pate, and Doris Uzoka.

Tinubu went on to send a supplementary list of 19 nominees to the Senate last Wednesday. Two days later, the President withdrew the nomination of Maryam Shetty of Kano State from the list, replacing her with Festus Keyamo and Mariya Mahmoud.

On Friday, the Senate screened Zephaniah Jisalo, Shuaibu Audu, Yusuf Sununu, Bello Matawalle, Alkali Saidu, Ahmed Gwarzo, Atiku Bagudu, Simon Lalong, Ibrahim Gaidam, Aliu Abdullahi, Gboyega Oyetola, Heineken Lokpobiri and Tunji Alausa.

The screening continued at Senate on Saturday with Lola Ade-John, Bosun Tijani, Isiak Salako, Tahir Mamman, and Maigari Ahmadu.

The exercise concluded today with the screening of Mahmoud and then Keyamo.