The Senate has postponed the ministerial screening of former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi to Tuesday, October 20, 2015.
Ex-governor’s ministerial screening postponed to October 20
Amaechi was originally scheduled to be screened by the legislators on Wednesday, 14, along with nine other nominees.
Recommended articles
![Abdullahi Ganduje [Leadership]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'100'%20height%3D'100'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Abdullahi Ganduje [Leadership]")
His appearance was however postponed due to the inability of the Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to submit its report on a petition against him.
Committee Chairman, Sam Anyanwu earlier promised that the report would be submitted today, October 15, to facilitate Amaechi’s screening but the Senate has announced that the exercise will continue next week Tuesday.
“Ladies and gentlemen. There will be no #MinisterialScreening today. We will continue on Tuesday. We will tweet CVs of new nominees,” the Senate wrote via Twitter.
ADVERTISEMENT
Amaechi’s nomination was challenged by three Senators from his state who cited the allegations of corruption levelled against him.
The Senate committee however decided that the charges couldn’t serve as grounds to prevent his confirmation as minister as the case was still pending in court.
The upper legislative chamber has so far confirmed 18 out of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 36 ministerial nominees.
JOIN OUR PULSE COMMUNITY!
ADVERTISEMENT
Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:
Email: eyewitness@pulse.ng
Recommended articles
Gov Sanwo-Olu to unveil Lagos Transport Policy in May to attract investors
Palliatives not for your friends only - Sanwo-Olu warns LG against hoarding
Doctors warn snakebite victims not to bring snakes to hospital for identification
NCDMB: My failure to inflate budget by ₦30bn cost me my job - Wabote
Russian Deputy Defence Minister, Ivanov detained for accepting large bribes
CSO threatens to sue if NBC fails to ban same-sex content on Netflix, TikTok
Keyamo orders swift suspension of Dana Airlines' fleet by NCAA over safety
Akapbio wants judges involved in misusing ex-parte orders to be punished
Kaduna Assembly begins probe on El-Rufai's govt, demand details of transactions
ADVERTISEMENT
![Polling clerks counted votes at a polling station after completing the voting process of the general election in Abuja, Nigeria, on February 25, 2023. [Getty Images]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'300'%20height%3D'172'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Polling clerks counted votes at a polling station after completing the voting process of the general election in Abuja, Nigeria, on February 25, 2023. [Getty Images]")