There are indications that President
Muhammadu Buhari has reached out to senators of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) in order for his nominees to have a smooth sail at the
senate screening set to commence next week.
According to Vanguard, the president is worried that if he doesn’t
intervene personally, some of his nominees who worked tirelessly for
during his campaign to be president, will not scale through the process.
The president has reportedly asked his senior special assistant to the national assembly matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, to reach out to the PDP senators in order to get a soft landing for the nominees.
Enang a former staunch member of the PDP, represented the Itu and Ibiono Ibom Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom state in the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2011. He was elected Senator for the Uyo (North East) Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom in the 2011 elections.
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesman and ministerial nominee, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has reportedly reached out to Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal to beg senate president, Bukola Saraki, for easy passage at the screening.
Mohammed is a nominee from Kwara state, where Saraki hails from. Both APC chieftains are said to be at loggerheads over Mohammed stand during Saraki’s trial at the code of conduct tribunal.
Earlier today, the PDP reacted to the partial ministerial list of President Buhari, which was unveiled today at the senate.
In a press statement released by the party’s national publicity secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, the PDP opined that there is nothing to be excited about the ministerial nominees.
At the weekend, chieftains of some opposition political parties and activists expressed their displeasure with the ministerial list which according to them falls short of expectations. Some expressed doubt that the president was committed to fighting corruption with the calibre of people he intended to appoint as ministers.
In a related development, some APC chieftains whose names are reportedly on the ministerial have started lobbying senators so they can successfully scale the screening process billed for Wednesday, October 7. Some others are said to have gone spiritual, embarking on intensive prayer sessions to come out unscathed aster the exercise.
Source: Naij
Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio
The president has reportedly asked his senior special assistant to the national assembly matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, to reach out to the PDP senators in order to get a soft landing for the nominees.
Enang a former staunch member of the PDP, represented the Itu and Ibiono Ibom Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom state in the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2011. He was elected Senator for the Uyo (North East) Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom in the 2011 elections.
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesman and ministerial nominee, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has reportedly reached out to Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal to beg senate president, Bukola Saraki, for easy passage at the screening.
Mohammed is a nominee from Kwara state, where Saraki hails from. Both APC chieftains are said to be at loggerheads over Mohammed stand during Saraki’s trial at the code of conduct tribunal.
Earlier today, the PDP reacted to the partial ministerial list of President Buhari, which was unveiled today at the senate.
In a press statement released by the party’s national publicity secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, the PDP opined that there is nothing to be excited about the ministerial nominees.
At the weekend, chieftains of some opposition political parties and activists expressed their displeasure with the ministerial list which according to them falls short of expectations. Some expressed doubt that the president was committed to fighting corruption with the calibre of people he intended to appoint as ministers.
In a related development, some APC chieftains whose names are reportedly on the ministerial have started lobbying senators so they can successfully scale the screening process billed for Wednesday, October 7. Some others are said to have gone spiritual, embarking on intensive prayer sessions to come out unscathed aster the exercise.
Source: Naij
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