JUST IN: Senate ends ministerial screening, clears all 43 nominees

After the screening exercise of ministerial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian Senate, has confirmed all 43 names on the list.

President Buhari submitted his list of cabinet nominees to the upper house of parliament, on Tuesday, July 23, 2019.

The list contained 43 names, though it did not specify which positions they would hold in cabinet.

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The Red Chamber had, on Wednesday, July 24, commenced the screening and confirmation of nominees.

The exercise took five days with the senate screening all 43 members.

The confirmed ministerial nominees were:

1. Uchechukwu Ogah (Abia)
2. Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom)
3. George Akume (Benue)
4. Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi)
5. Emeka. Nwajuaba (Imo)
6. Olorunnibe Mamora (Lagos)
7. Olamilekan Adegbite (Ogun)
8. Adamu. Adamu (Bauchi)
9. Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers)
10. Sharon Ikeazor (Anambra)
11. Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo)
12. Mustapha Shehuri (Borno)
13. Abubakar Aliyu (Yobe)
14. Bashir Magashi (Kano)
15. Ramatu Aliyu (Kogi)
16. Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa)
17. Zubairu Dada (Niger)
18. Chris Ngige (Anambra)
19. Abdullahi Hassan (Nasarawa)
20. Sunday Dare (Oyo)
21. Muhammad Bello (Adamawa)
22. Sadiya Farouq (Zamfara)
23. Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna)
24. Adeniyi Adebayo (Ekiti)
25. Abubakar Malami (Kebbi)
26. Hadi Sirika (Katsina)
27. Osagie Ehanire (Edo)
28. Paullen Tallen (Plateau)
29. Festus Keyamo (Delta)
30. Ali Isa Pantami (Gombe)
31. Maigari Dingyadi (Sokoto)
32. Babatunde Raji Fashola (Lagos)
33. Dr.Mohammed Mahmoud (Kaduna)
34. Gbemisola Saraki (Kwara)
35. Rauf Aregbesola (Osun)
36. Goddy Jedy- Agba (Cross River)
37. Suleiman Adamu Kazaure (Jigawa)
38. Amb Mariam Katagum (Bauchi)
39. Clement I.K. Anade Agba (Edo)
40. Geoffrey Onyeama (Enugu)
41. Engr. Saleh Mamman (Taraba)

42.Sabo Nanono (Kano)

43.Lai Mohammed (Kwara)