- The ministers-designate were confirmed by the senate in the committee of the whole after a screening exercise last week.
- The senators spent hours asking them questions on portfolios assigned to them by the president.
President Bola Tinubu has sworn in seven newly-appointed ministers.
The swearing ceremony took place at the council chamber of the state house, Abuja.
The newly sworn-in minsiters are Nentawe Yilwatda, minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation; Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, minister of labour and employment; Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, minister of state for foreign affairs; and Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, minister of state, housing and urban development.
Others are Idi Mukhtar Maiha, minister of livestock development; Jumoke Oduwole, minister of trade and investment; and Suwaiba Said Ahmad as the minister of state for education.
On October 25, Tinubu sacked five ministers, reassigned 10 ministers to new portfolios, and nominated seven new ministers to the senate for confirmation.
On Wednesday, the nominations were confirmed after Senate President Godswill Akpabio put them to vote.
Akpabio had said he was impressed by the quality of the nominations, saying “I think Mr President took his time in selecting these ministers.”
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