Today, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to present a new set of ministerial nominees to the Senate, The Punch reports.
It was gathered that the new batch would be sent by Tinubu early on Wednesday. Last week, the President had submitted 28 nominees to the Senate through the Chief of Staff, and the senate have been screening them since Monday.
The first batch of nominees is expected to complete being screened today which will be followed by screening for the next batch.
On Monday, 14 of the 28 submitted nominees were screened by the Senate while Senator David Umahi, Wale Edun and former governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State among others were screened on Tuesday.
Nine nominees in total were screened yesterday; Ahmed Dangiwa, Uche Nnaji, Stella Okotete, Adebayo Adelabu,Ekperikpe Ekpo and Hannatu Musawa.
According to the Constitution , ministers are to be appointed from each state by President Tinubu but so far, there are still11 states without any nominee.