By Linda Akhigbe

The Senate in the last one week had screened and confirmed 45 of President Bola Tinubu’s 48-man ministerial list.

The Senate has transmitted the names of 45 confirmed ministerial nominees to the Presidency.

The Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Abdullahi Gumel, disclosed this in an interview with journalists at the National Assembly on Tuesday.

Explaining why the number of ministerial nominees was increased to 48 as against 42 in the previous administration, Gumel said some of the ministries which were merged will now stand alone namely the Ministry of Works and Housing.

He also thanked the Senators for suspending their recess to screen and confirm the nominees.

The Senate on Monday confirmed 45 out of 48 ministerial nominees sent to the upper chamber by President Bola Tinubu.

The remaining three nominees not confirmed are former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Stella Okotete from Delta State, and Abubakar Danladi from Taraba State.

According to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, the nominees were not confirmed because they are still undergoing security checks.

List Of Those Confirmed

1. ABUBAKAR KYARI BORNO STATE

2. ABUBAKAR MOMOH EDO STATE

3. NYESOM WIKE RIVERS STATE

4. PROF. JOSEPH UTSEV BENUE STATE

5. JOHN ENO CROSS RIVER STATE

6. BELLO MOHAMMED SOKOTO STATE

7. MOHAMMED BADARU ABUBAKAR JIGAWA STATE

8. YUSUF MAITAMA TUGGAR BAUCHI STATE

9. UJU KEN OHANEYE ANAMBRA STATE

10. OLUBUNMI TUNJI OJO ONDO STATE

11. NKEIRUKA ONYEJEOCHA ABIA STATE

12. BETTA EDU CROSS RIVER STATE

13. IMAAN SULEIMAN NASARAWA STATE

14. DAVID UMAHI EBONYI STATE

15. ADEBAYO OLAWALE EDUN OGUN STATE

16. AHMED MUSA DANGIWA KATSINA STATE

17. UCHE NNAJI ENUGU STATE

18. DELE ALAKE EKITI STATE

19. WAHEED ADEBAYO ADELABU OYO STATE

20. MUHAMMAD IDRIS NIGER STATE

21. PROF. ALI PATE BAUCHI STATE

22. DR DORIS UZOKA IMO STATE

23. LATEEF FAGBEMI (SAN) KWARA STATE

24. EKPERIKPE EKPO AKWA IBOM STATE

25. HANNATU MUSAWA KATSINA STATE

26. IBRAHIM GEIDAM YOBE STATE

27. ALIYU SABI ABDULLAHI NIGER STATE

28. HEINEKEN LOKPOBIRI BAYELSA STATE

29. ALKALI AHMED SA’EED GOMBE STATE

30. DR. YUSUF TANKO SUNUNU KEBBI STATE

31. ATIKU BAGUDU KEBBI STATE

32. BELLO MATAWALLE ZAMFARA STATE

33. ADEGBOYEGA OYETOLA OSUN STATE

34. SIMON BAKO LALONG PLATEAU STATE

35. ABDULLAHI TIJJANI GWARZO KANO STATE

36. BOSUN TIJJANI OGUN STATE

37. DR MARIYA MAHMOUD KANO STATE

38. DR ISIYAKA SALAKO OGUN STATE

39. DR TUNJI ALAUSA LAGOS STATE

40. LOLA ADE JOHN LAGOS STATE

41. PROF. TAHIR MAMMAN ADAMAWA STATE

42. ZEPHANIAH JISSALO F.C.T

43. UBA MAIGARI AHMADU TARABA STATE

44. SHUAIBU ABUBAKAR AUDU KOGI STATE

45. FESTUS KEYAMO (SAN) DELTA STATE