{"id":123588,"date":"2025-11-05T08:35:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T07:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123588"},"modified":"2025-11-05T08:35:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T07:35:33","slug":"tinubu-nominates-enugu-attorney-general-udeh-to-replace-disgraced-ex-minister-nnaji-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/tinubu-nominates-enugu-attorney-general-udeh-to-replace-disgraced-ex-minister-nnaji-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Nominates Enugu Attorney-General Udeh to Replace Disgraced Ex-Minister, Nnaji"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Senate, on Tuesday, received a formal request from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu seeking the confirmation of Dr. Kingsley Udeh, the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Enugu State, as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If approved by the Red Chamber, Udeh, who is also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), will replace Mr. Uche Nnaji, the former Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology, who resigned following allegations of certificate forgery.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reading the President\u2019s correspondence during plenary, Senate President Godswill Akpabio said the nomination was made pursuant to Section 147(2) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and urged lawmakers to give it swift consideration.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Tinubu\u2019s letter stated: \u201cIn compliance with the provisions of Section 147 (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), I am pleased to forward to the Senate the nomination of Dr. Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh for confirmation as Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhile I hope that this request will receive the usual expeditious consideration of the Senate, please accept, Distinguished Senate President and Distinguished Senators, the assurances of my highest regards.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the reading, the Senate referred the nomination to its Committee of the Whole for immediate consideration.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It would be recalled that the ministerial slot for Enugu State became vacant after Mr. Nnaji resigned on October 7 amid mounting allegations concerning the authenticity of his academic credentials.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lizzy Chirkpi The Senate, on Tuesday, received a formal request from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu seeking the confirmation of Dr. Kingsley Udeh, the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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