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
![President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje. [Twitter/@AsiwajuTinubu]](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 "President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje. [Twitter/@AsiwajuTinubu]")
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
Tariff has been hiked with no improvement - Abuja residents decry power outage
Emefiele's trial adjourned to June 24, key witness cross-examined
Former ECOWAS Court VP slams EFCC chairman's handling of Yahaya Bello case
Let’s drill 200k boreholes across the country — Obi begs wealthy Nigerians
Ondo 2024: Ex-governor's brother emerges gubernatorial candidate
UK varsity rolls out tuition, travel-free scholarship for Nigerian students
President Biden signs law to potentially ban TikTok if not sold
Ex-Governor, Fayose's money laundering trial adjourned as court fails to sit
Travel alert: Panic as fire breaks out at Lagos Airport
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]")