Jonathan Nominates Shekarau, Adeyeye, 2 Others As Ministers

 
President Good­luck Jonathan yesterday for­warded the names of former Kano State gov­ernor, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau and a former Afenifere spokesman, Prince Dayo Adeyeye as ministers to the Senate for consideration.
Also nominated as min­isters are Dr. Abdul Bulama from Yobe State and the Peo­ples Democratic Party (PDP) South-South zonal Vice Chairman, Dr. Stephen Oruh.
Senate President David Mark read the names of the nominees yesterday at the plenary.
President Jonathan’s letter to the Senate reads: “In ac­cordance with Section 147 sub-section 2 of the Consti­tution of Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended, I have the honour to forward the under-listed ministerial nominees for consideration for Senate confirmation.
“Dr. Abdul Bulama, Yobe State; Dr. Stephen Oruh, Delta State; Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau Kano State; and Prince Adedayo Adeyeye, Ekiti State.
“It is my hope that this ex­ercise will receive the usual kind expeditious consider­ation of the distinguished members of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Ni­geria.”
The president also at­tached the curriculum vitae of the nominees in the letter. As the Senate president read the letter to senators, Shek­arau’s nomination elicited a loud murmur in the chamber.
The former governor of Kano State dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the ruling PDP recently, effectively shutting out Hajia Jamilia Salik, who had earlier been nominated by the president to fill the Kano State’s slot. She was among the 12 ministerial nominees forwarded to the Senate for confirmation by President Jonathan in Janu­ary but she was not screened for the job even though she was physically present.
Three of the four ministe­rial nominees would fill the gap created by the exit of the former minister of Niger Delta Development Com­mission (NDDC), Elder Godsday Orubebe (Delta), the Minister of Police Af­fairs, Caleb Olubolade (Ekiti), and Minister of State for Finance, Yerima Ngama (Yobe).
With the latest nomina­tion, Kwara and Anambra states are yet to get ministe­rial nominees to fill the slots of their states following the removal of Mallam Bolaji Abdulahi from Kwara State as Sports Minister in March this year and that of Princess Stella Oduah, former Avia­tion Minister from Anambra State.
Source:sunnewsonline.com