Senate Confirms 45 Nominees For Ministerial Screening, Including Keyamo, Oyetola, And Bosun Tijani

Forty-five of the 48 nominees for ministers by President Bola Tinubu were approved today following the completion of the ministerial screening. 

Oyetola, Simon Lalong, Abubakar Kyari, and Festus Keyamo, the former Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, are among the confirmed nominees, according to NTA. 

This confirmation comes after the red chamber received a 28-member list for verification on July 27. Last week, the first round of screening was completed. 

Tinubu then sent the Senate a second list of 19 candidates last Wednesday. The President replaced Festus Keyamo and Mariya Mahmoud with Maryam Shetty during this process after withdrawing her nomination from Kano State. 

Mahmoud and Keyamo were confirmed after the screening process was completed today. The list of ministers that were confirmed today is as follows:

Abubakar Kyari

Abubakar Momoh

Nyesom Wike

Joseph Utsev

John Enoh

Bello Mohammed

Mohammed Badaru Abubakar

Yusuf Maitama Tuggar

Uju Ken-Ohanenye

Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo

Nkeiruka Onyejeocha

Betta Edu

Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim

David Umahi

Adebayo Olawale Edun

Ahmed Musa Dangiwa

Uche Nnaji

Dele Alake

Waheed Adebayo Adelabu

Muhammad Idris

Ali Pate

Doris Uzoma-Anite

Lateef Fagbemi

Ekperikpe Ekpo

Hannatu Musawa

Ibrahim Geidam

Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi

Heineken Lokpobiri

Alkali Ahmed Sa’eed

Yusuf Tanko Sununu

Atiku Bagudu

Bello Matawalle

Adegboyega Oyetola

Simon Bako Lalong

Abdullahi Tijjani Gwarzo

Bosun Tijani

Mariya Mahmoud

Isiyaka Salako

Tunji Alausa

Lola Ade-John

Tahir Mamman

Zephaniah Jisalo

Uba Maigari Ahmadu

Shuaibu Abubakar Audu

Festus Keyamo