Saraki Writes Buhari Over Confirmation Of 18 Ministerial Nominees

...Buhari to assign portfolios next week

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has formally communicated to President Muhammadu Buhari the confirmation by the Senate  of 18 nominees who had already been cleared by Senators.
President Buhari had on September 30 forwarded the ministerial nominees’ names for consideration on ministerial positions.
Saraki in a letter reportedly sent through Senator Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Legislative Matters (Senate), informed the President that the Senate has found the 18 nominees  who passed through screening suitable to occupy the office of ministers of the Federal Republic as provided for in Section 147 (2) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended.
The nominees whose appointment by the President have been confirmed are Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi, Chief Audu Innocent Ogbeh, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Danbazau, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Hajiya Amina Ibrahim Mohammed, Eng. Suleiman Adamu and Alhaji Ibrahim Usman Jibril.
Others are Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN),  Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Abubakar Malami (SAN), Dr. (Sen.) Chris Nwabueze Ngige, Sen. Aishat Jummai Al-Hassan, Barr. Solomon Dalong, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and Sen. Hadi Sirika
Presidency sources disclosed that those who have been cleared would be assigned port folios next week.
 "We hope the remaining nominees would be cleared as soon as practicable. We acknowledged the support of the Senators with the accelerated screening and hopefully those who have been cleared would be assigned portfolios next week ," the source who does not want his name printed said.