The Red chamber is set to start the vetting of seven ministerial nominees recently announced by President Bola Tinubu today.
This follows the earlier request to the Senate by President Tinubu to confirm the new ministerial nominees.
The Special Adviser to the President on Red Chamber Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, in an explanation on Monday, affirmed that ministerial nominees have commenced documentation ahead of their screening and affirmation by the Upper Chamber.
He expressed that the nominees were at that point submitting relevant documents as first in the series of mandatory protocol for the screening and affirmation of ministerial nominees.
The candidates are to be screened and affirmed by the Senate in adherent with Section 147 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As Amended).
The President had hours after their selection last week, written to the upper chamber, requesting the lawmakers to consider and affirm the seven nominees for appointment as ministers.
They include Nentawe Yilwatda (Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction), Muhammadu Dingyadi (Labour & Employment), Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu (State Foreign Affairs), and Jumoke Oduwole (Industry, Trade and Investment).
Idi Mukhtar Maiha (Livestock Development), Yusuf Ata (State, Housing and Urban Development), and Suwaiba Ahmad (State Education) are also included.
The confirmation solicitation to the Senate came after Tinubu reshuffled his cabinet. The president fired five of his ministers, redeployed 10 of them, and nominated seven others.
Those terminated included Uju-Ken Ohanenye as Minister of Women Affairs; Lola Ade-John as Minister of Tourism; Tahir Mamman as Minister of Education; Abdullahi Gwarzo as Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development; and Jamila Ibrahim as Minister of Youth Development.
Tinubu from that point selected seven others. Among those reassigned were Yusuf Sununu who was expunged as the Minister of State for Education and named as the Minister of State, Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction.
Olatunji Alausa was reassigned as the Minister of Education, removing him as the Minister of State, Health.
Bello Goronyo was expunged as Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation and reassigned as Minister of State Works.
Abubakar Momoh was relieved as Minister of Niger Delta Development and reassigned as Minister of Regional Development.
Tinubu reassigned Uba Maigari Ahmadu as Minister of State, Regional Development, from his past portfolio as Minister of State, Steel Development.
The Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Doris Uzoka-Anite, was reassigned as Minister of State Finance to deputised the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun.
President Tinubu reassigned Sports Minister John Enoh as the new Minister of State, Trade and Investment.
Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim was expunged as Minister of State, Police Affairs and reassigned as Minister of Women Affairs.
Ayodele Olawande was promoted as Minister of Youth Development from his initial portfolio as Minister of State for Youth Development.
Minister of State, Environment, Iziak Salako was reassigned as Minister of State, Health.
