Highlights of ministerial screening

A ministerial nominee from Akwa Ibom, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, sets the ball rolling.

He has been asked to take a “bow and go.”

The next nominee to enter the podium is a former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.

Rights activist, Shehu Sanni, asked the ex-governor if truly he escaped through an unconventional border during the late Gen. Sani Abacha era.

Fayemi said, “I did not borrow to pay salaries, but borrowed to fund capital projects for Ekiti.”

He has also been asked to take a ” bow and go.”

The next nominee to face the senators is Chief Audu Ogbeh.

The ex-National chairman of the PDP has been asked to take a ” bow and go.”

The next ministerial nominee is Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu.

He is acknowledging cheers from the senators.

He has been asked to take a ” bow and go.”

The next ministerial nominee is Dr. Osagie Ehanire from Edo State.

He will take questions from senators.

The nominee has been asked to take a ” bow and go.”

In all five ministerial nominees have been cleared by the Senate.

The sixth nominee, Lt. Gen.Abdulrahman Danbazzau (rtd), takes to the podium to take questions from senators.

Lt. Gen. Danbazzau has been asked to take a ” bow and go.”

The APC National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, is the next nominee to face the senators.

He took six bows before the lawmakers – three for Saraki and three for the Senators.

Mohammed has been asked to take a ” bow and go.”

Seven ministerial nominees have now been cleared by the Senators. We have three more to go.

A female ministerial nominee, Amina Mohammed, is now addressing the Senators.

After her address, she will take questions from the lawmakers.

After taking few questions, she has been asked to take a ” bow and go.”

The ninth nominee, Suleiman Adamu, is now addressing the senators.

Adamu has been asked to take a ” bow and go.”

The last nominee for today, Ibrahim Jubril Adamu, is introducing himself to the senators.

He is a ministerial nominee from Jigawa State.

He has also been asked to take a ” bow and go.”

Adamu’s clearance by the Senate ended the proceedings for today.

All the 10 ministerial nominees that faced the senators on Tuesday have been confirmed as ministers.

The exercise will continue on Wednesday with the screening of second set of nominees.