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Senate confirms seven ministerial nominees

The senate has confirmed the nomination of all seven ministerial candidates of President Bola Tinubu.

The nominees were submitted to the red chamber last week for accelerated confirmation hearing.

This follows the screening of the nominees by the Senate on Wednesday. The screening exercised was held at the red chamber after it was postponed on Tuesday.

The Senate suspended its rule to admit the ministerial nominees.

The lawmakers began with Nentawe Yilwatda, the nominee appointed to replace Betta Edu as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction.

They subsequently screened other appointees including Bianca Odumegu-Ojukwu nominated as the Minister of State Foreign Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi nominated as the Minister of Labour and Employment, Jumoke Oduwole nominated as the Minister of Industry.

Also screened were Idi Maiha as Minister for the newly created Livestock Development Ministry, Yusuf Ata as the Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, and Suwaiba Ahmad as Minister of State Education.

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