President Bola Tinubu has asked the Nigerian Senate to screen and confirm three more ministerial nominees.
The nominees are Abbas Balarabe from Kaduna State, Jamila Bio Ibrahim from Kwara State and Ayodele Olawande from Lagos State.
The president’s request was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at the plenary on Tuesday.
Mr. Tinubu had in September announced the appointment of Mrs. Ibrahim to serve as minister of youth and Mr. Olawande to serve as minister of state for youth, pending their confirmation by the Senate.
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The nominee from Kaduna appeared to have been nominated to replace a former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, whose nomination was rejected by the Senate in August.
Mr. El-Rufai was rejected alongside Abubakar Danladi (Taraba) and Stella Okotete (Delta) over non-security clearance.
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President Tinubu who has since inaugurated 45 ministers cleared by the Senate, urged the Upper Chamber to consider his request expeditiously.
Mr. Balarabe, 65 years, hails from Kachia Local Government, Kaduna State and was the chairman of the transition committee that handled the swearing-in of Uba Sani, as governor of Kaduna State, on 29 May.
He is a former Secretary to the Kaduna State Government and had also headed the transition committee of the state in 2015. He also served as the vice-chairman of the committee in 2019.
