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Breaking: Senate confirms Wike, Keyamo, Oyetola, others as ministers, rejects El-Rufai, two others

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The Senate has confirmed 45 ministerial nominees presented to it for screening by President Bola Tinubu with former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai and two others not confirmed.

Two others not confirmed are Stella Okotete (Delta State), and Abubakar Danladi (Taraba State).

According to the Senate, the trio are still undergoing security clearance.

Persecondnews reports that the Senate spent a week in screening all the ministerial nominees including Mr Festus Keyamo, who was confirmed on Monday.

The list of those confirmed are:

1.
ABUBAKAR KYARI BORNO STATE

2.
ABUBAKAR MOMOH
EDO STATE

3.
NYESOM WIKE
RIVERS STATE

4.
PROF. JOSEPH UTSEV
BENUE STATE

5.
JOHN ENO
CROSS RIVER STATE

6.
BELLO MOHAMMED
SOKOTO STATE

7.
MOHAMMED BADARU ABUBAKAR
JIGAWA STATE

8.
YUSUF MAITAMA TUGGAR
BAUCHI STATE

9.
UJU KEN OHANEYE
ANAMBRA STATE

10.
OLUBUNMI TUNJI OJO
ONDO STATE

11.
NKEIRUKA ONYEJEOCHA
ABIA STATE

12.
BETTA EDU
CROSS RIVER STATE

13.
IMAAN SULEIMAN
NASARAWA STATE

14.
DAVID UMAHI
EBONYI STATE

15.
ADEBAYO OLAWALE EDUN
OGUN STATE

16.
AHMED MUSA DANGIWA
KATSINA STATE

17.
UCHE NNAJI
ENUGU STATE

18.
DELE ALAKE
EKITI STATE

19.
WAHEED ADEBAYO ADELABU
OYO STATE

20.
MUHAMMAD IDRIS
NIGER STATE

21.
PROF. ALI PATE
BAUCHI STATE

22.
DR DORIS UZOKA
IMO STATE

23.
LATEEF FAGBEMI (SAN)
KWARA STATE

24.
EKPERIKPE EKPO
AKWA IBOM STATE

25.
HANNATU MUSAWA
KATSINA STATE

26.
IBRAHIM GEIDAM
YOBE STATE

27.
ALIYU SABI ABDULLAHI
NIGER STATE

28.
HEINEKEN LOKPOBIRI
BAYELSA STATE

29.
ALKALI AHMED SA’EED
GOMBE STATE

30.
DR. YUSUF TANKO SUNUNU
KEBBI STATE

31.
ATIKU BAGUDU
KEBBI STATE

32.
BELLO MATAWALLE
ZAMFARA STATE

33.
ADEGBOYEGA OYETOLA
OSUN STATE

34.
SIMON BAKO LALONG
PLATEAU STATE

35.
ABDULLAHI TIJJANI GWARZO
KANO STATE

36.
BOSUN TIJJANI
OGUN STATE

37.
DR MARIYA MAHMOUD
KANO STATE

38.
DR ISIYAKA SALAKO
OGUN STATE

39.
DR TUNJI ALAUSA
LAGOS STATE

40.
LOLA ADE JOHN
LAGOS STATE

41.
PROF. TAHIR MAMMAN
ADAMAWA STATE

42.
ZEPHANIAH JISSALO
F.C.T

43.
UBA MAIGARI AHMADU
TARABA STATE

44.
SHUAIBU ABUBAKAR AUDU
KOGI STATE

45.
FESTUS KEYAMO (SAN)
DELTA STATE

 

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