The Senate in Nigeria has again postponed the screening of former
Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi and other candidates that have
been tapped to join President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet as ministers.
The Senate announced it was postponing the screening session via a post on its Twitter handle, Thursday morning.
“Ladies and gentlemen. There will be no #MinisterialScreening today.
We will continue on Tuesday. We will tweet CVs of new nominees,” the
Senate said.
Mr. Amaechi’s nomination for the cabinet has drawn the highest controversy so far.
His confirmation hearing was deferred from the previous day after the
Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions failed to
submit its report on the petition against the former governor on
Wednesday.
The Chairman of the Committee, Sam Anyanwu, said the committee could
not meet on Tuesday following the late adjournment of plenary.
Mr. Amaechi’s nomination is opposed by a certain “Integrity Group”,
which petitioned the Senate alleging that he had not answered questions
on alleged financial misappropriation during his tenure as governor of
Rivers state.
The legislators have so far interviewed and confirmed 18 out of 36 nominees, now waiting to be sworn in.
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