The Senate
resumed plenary around 11:15 am on Thursday and went into closed
session to discuss critical issues relating to the screening of the 21
ministerial nominees sent to it for confirmation and approval by
President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Senate
Leader, Ali Ndume, had told our correspondent last week that the upper
chamber would discuss the procedure for the screening after the Senate
President, Bukola Saraki, had read out the names contained in the sealed
envelope sent to him by Buhari.
A senator,
who craved anonymity told our correspondent shortly before the closed
session this morning that the meeting would discuss the details of the
closed session Buhari had with the leadership of the National Assembly
last night.
He also
said the petition presented to the senate by the three senators from
Rivers State against the nomination of Former Governor would also be
discussed.
Meanwhile
some ministerial nominees were sighted at the Senate wing of the
National Assembly on Thursday, obviously to familiarise themselves with
the senators and to submit their Curriculum Vitae for necessary scrutiny
by the senior federal lawmakers.
Some
of those sighted as of 11:30am were Former Governor Ogbonnaya Onu,
Senator Chris Ngige, Senator Udo Udoma and a former Chairman of the
Peoles Democratic Party, Audu Ogbeh.
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