Senators Go Wild Over Motion to Suspend Festus Keyamo’s Ministerial Screening

• A rowdy session was recorded on Monday, August 7, over a motion seeking to step down the screening of Festus Keyamo as a ministerial nominee
• Darlington Nwokocha, representing Abia central, moved the motion when Keyamo appeared before the lawmakers
• The lawmaker said Keyamo ignored the summon of parliament in 2020 over the employment scheme of 774,000 Nigerians recruited for the special public works programme

FCT, Abuja - A senator representing Abia Central Senatorial District, Darlington Nwokocha, on Monday, moved a motion for the suspension of the screening of a ministerial nominee from Delta state, Festus Keyamo.

Nwokocha’s motion was seconded by his colleague from Abia-South Senatorial District, Enyinnaya Abaribe, Channels Television reported.

Drama as Senate puts Festus Keyamo's ministerial screening on hold

Senate President Godswill Akpabio thereafter subjected the motion to a voice vote, but the lawmakers were divided on the matter.

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The red chamber immediately erupted into a rowdy session. Amid heated argument between the lawmakers, Akpabio rose to his feet, announcing that the Senate would enter a closed session, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) also reported.

Nwokocha had accused Keyamo of disrespecting the 9th National Assembly and accusing the last Assembly of being corrupt.

Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), was a former minister of state for labour under the administration of the immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari.

Lawyer faults Senate ministerial screening process

In a piece of related news, Legit.ng reported that the ongoing screening of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's ministerial nominees by the NASS upper chamber (Senate) had been faulted.

Barrister Oladotun Hassan, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Epe Branch secretary, stated that screening nominees without their portfolios was out of place, adding that the screening exercise needed more quality checks on the nominees' capacity and the portfolio assigned to them.

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Legit.ng also reported that a public affairs analyst and convener of the Concerned Nigerians Group, Deji Adeyanju, revealed who President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should appoint as minister for science and technology among his 48 nominees.

Adeyanju said Bosun Tijani is the right man to fill the science and technology ministry.

Source: Legit.ng