President Buhari nominates 7 as Ministers, replaces Amaechi, Alasoadura, Akpabio, others

By KEMI KASUMU

President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari, may have finally decided to replace his versatile Minister of Transportation and Dan Amana of Daura, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator God’swill Akpabio, and Minister of State for Niger Delta, Senator Tayo Alasoadura, who resigned their appointments, recently, to seek their party’s tickets for 2023 elections.

This was as those names did not make the list of seven nominees sent to the Nigerian Senate, which receipt was announced at the plenary on Tuesday June 21, 2022.

The seven new nominees were contained in a letter transmitted from President Muhammadu Buhari for consideration and confirmation as Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Their nomination is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Dr .Ahmad Lawan and read at plenary on Tuesday.

Buhari, in the letter addressed to President of the Senate, Dr .Ahmad Lawan, and read to the plenary, listed the ministerial designates to include: Henry Ikechukwu (Abia), Umana Okon-Umana (Akwa-Ibom), Ekuma Joseph (Ebonyi), Goodluck Obia (Imo) Umar Ibrahim (Kano), Ademola Adewole Adegoroye (Ondo), Udum Odi (Rivers).

Buhari said it was his expectation to receive the usual expeditious consideration and confirmation of the nominees by the Senate.