BREAKING: Senate Screens President Tinubu's Ministerial Nominees With ‘Bow And Go’, Details Emerge

• The screening of the 28 ministers nominated by President Bola Tinubu commenced on Monday, July 31, at the red chamber of the National Assembly
• The Nigerian Senate headed by Godswill Akpabio screened one of the ministers with “bow and go” owing to the fact that the nominee was a member of the House of Representatives
• The process commenced after David Umahi, the deputy majority leader, moved a motion to that effect

FCT, Abuja - The Nigerian Senate has begun screening the 28 ministers nominated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Although the screening was to commence at 11 am, it started hours behind schedule.

Abubakar Momoh from Edo state first nominee to be screened

The first nominee to be screened was Abubakar Momoh from Edo state.

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In his brief remark, Momoh said he was ready to serve in any portfolio assigned to him.

Akpabio screens Tinubu's nominees with "bow and go"

Senate President Godswill Akpabio subsequently asked him to “bow and go” because he was a member of the House of Representatives, Daily Trust reported.

Momoh and Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, were asked to bow and go.

In Senate tradition, lawmakers, whether at the state or federal level, do not go through rigorous screenings when they appear before the upper legislative chamber for screening, ThisDay report added.

Video of the ongoing screening of Tinubu's nominees by the Senate surface online

Watch the video of the ongoing screening of President Tinubu's nominees at the red chamber below.

Ministerial screening: Islamic scholars reject El-Rufai's nomination

Meanwhile, a coalition of Quranic Reciters, memorizers and learners has rejected former Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, as a minister, urging the Nigerian Senate and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to yank his name off the list.

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Ministerial screening: Why we didn’t grill Wike, Senate President Akpabio explains

The former governor’s name is among the 28 nominees Tinubu submitted to the Senate for screening and confirmation, slated for Monday, July 31.

But at a press conference in Bauchi on Sunday, July 28, the director of education for the Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Foundation, Sheikh Sidi Ali, appealed to Tinubu to remove El-Rufai’s name from the list

Stella Okotete: Lawyer urges Senate to disqualify Tinubu’s ministerial nominee

The Nigerian Senate has been asked to disqualify Stella Okotete, a ministerial nominee of President Bola Tinubu.

An Abuja-based lawyer, Oladotun Hassan, stated this in a petition to the Senate, accusing Okotete of massive corruption.

Okotete is one of the seven women that made the 28 ministerial nominees list of President Bola Tinubu.

Source: Legit.ng