Senate has concluded the screening of 45 of the 48 ministerial nominees submitted by President Bola Tinubu.
The upper chamber on Monday confirmed the nominees as Ministers following a week of intense grilling for some and cursory introductions for others.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio put the nominations to a series of voice votes, of which three are said to still be undergoing security clearance, such as former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai; Stella Okotete (Delta State), and Abubakar Danladi (Taraba State).
The nominees confirmed as Ministers are as follows;
1. Akwa Ibom: Ekperikpe Ekpo
2. Bayelsa: Heineken Lolokpobri
3. Cross Rivers: Betta Edu
4 Cross River: John Owan Enoh
5. Delta: Stella Okotete (Not yet )
6 . Delta: Festus Keyamo
7. Edo: Abubakar Momoh
8. Rivers: Nyesom Wike
9. Adamawa: Tahir Mamman
10. Bauchi: Yusuf Maitama Tuggar
11. Bauchi: Ali Pate
12. Borno: Abubakar Kyari
13. Gombe: Alkali Ahmed Saidu
14. Taraba: Uba Maigari Ahmadu
15. Yobe: Ibrahim Geidam
16. Taraba: Sani A Danladi ( Not yet )
17. Jigawa: Mohamed Badaru
18. Kaduna: Nasir El-Rufai ( Not yet )
19. Kano: Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure
20. Kano: Abdullahi Tijjani Gwarzo
21. Katsina: Ahmad Dangiwa
22. Katsina: Hannatu Musawa
23. Kebbi: Yusuf Tanko Sununu
24. Kebbi: Atiku Bagudu
25. Sokoto: Bello M Goronyo
26. Zamfara: Bello Matawwalle
27. Abia: Nkiru Onyejiocha
28. Anambra: Uju Ohaneye
29. Ebonyi: David Umahi
30. Enugu: Uche Nnaji
31. Imo: Doris Uzoka
32. Ekiti: Dele Alake
33. Lagos: Tunji Alausa
34. Lagos: Lola Ade John
35. Ogun: Ishak Salako
36. Ogun: Bosun Tijani
37. Ogun: Olawale Edun
38. Ondo: Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo
39. Osun: Adegboyega Oyetola
40. Oyo: Adebayo Adelabu
41. Benue: Joseph Utsev
42. FCT: Zaphaniah Bitrus Jisalo
43. Kogi: Shaibu Abubakar Audu
44. Kwara: Lateef Fagbemi, SAN
45. Nasarawa: Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim
46. Niger: Mohammed Idris
47. Niger: Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
48. Plateau: Simon Bako Lalong
Meanwhile the nomination of Festus Keyamo was confirmed following his apologies to the lawmakers for the allegation he leveled against National Assembly members on the issue of N52 billion meant for the implementation of 774,000 Special Public Works Programme.
RN
