Senate Ready To Screen President Tinubu’s Ministerial List

The Senate will this week receive President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ministerial nominees’ list, five days to the end of the 60-day constitutional window.

Truetells Nigeria reports that the 1999 Constitution stipulates that the President and governors must submit the names of persons nominated as ministers or commissioners within 60 days of taking the oath of office for confirmation by the Senate or the respective state Houses of Assembly.

Tinubu, who was sworn in as President on May 29, has to submit his ministerial list to the Senate before July 29 as mandated by law.

Speaking to The PUNCH on Sunday, Tinubu’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Tope Ajayi, said: “Ministers’ List will be out this week. Let’s wait till the names are out.”

Also speaking, the spokesperson for the Senate, Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South), said the upper chamber has enough time to screen the ministerial nominees within the stipulated time.

He said, “I have reiterated severally and for the umpteenth time that there is still enough time to receive and screen the ministerial nominees. We know that Nigerians are eager to behold the executive team that will breathe oxygen into our economy and make life more abundant for us all. We are unarguably within the constitutional cover. The Senate shall surely do the needful and won’t disappoint Nigerians.”