Eighteen out of the 36 ministerial nominees from the list submitted by
\nPresident Muhammadu Buhari have been confirmed by the Senate.<\/p>\n
They are Udoma Udo Udoma, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi, Audu Ogbe, Christopher
\nOgbonnaya Onu, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Lt.Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazzau, Alhaji
\nLai Mohammed, Amina Mohammed, Ibrahim Jubril, Babatunde Fashola, Aisha
\nHassan.<\/p>\n
At the end of plenary on Wednesday, Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki
\nread out the names of the nominees who had fielded questions from the
\nlawmakers. The senators in a vote confirmed all 18 nominees.<\/p>\n
The lawmakers carried out the confirmation.<\/p>\n
Former Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State was the first to take the
\nstand at the Senate chambers today.<\/p>\n
Mr Fashola held his audience spell bound for almost an hour and half
\nanswering questions from senators.<\/p>\n
He told them that as governor for eight years in office he did not sign a
\ncheque.<\/p>\n
Mr Fashola also responded to questions on loyalty and on the 78 million
\nnaira allegedly sank to build a website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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