Screening of ministerial nominees’ll be thorough — Senate Leader

The Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has assured
that the Senate will thoroughly scrutinise the ministerial nominees presented
to it by President Bola Tinubu to ascertain their competencies and capabilities
to serve Nigeria diligently and in a way that will bring dividends of democracy
to the populace.

The All Progressives Congress senator representing Ekiti
Central Senatorial District said that the upper chamber under its president,
Senator Godswill Akpabio, was desirous and keen about ensuring that those
holding pivotal positions under Tinubu’s presidency were those with capacities
to deliver.

Bamidele spoke in Ado Ekiti on Saturday at the end of a
24-hour marathon praise and worship programme shortly before a Communion
Service at Iyin Ekiti, his hometown, to mark his 60th birthday.

The Senate Leader said, “Nigerians are expecting us to do a
thorough screening. But take a bow and go is not an unparliamentary convention,
it has become a practice all over the world, that person must be a former member
of the parliament who is well known to us. Somebody we have confidence in his
ability to give Nigerians qualitative leadership.

“We will partner Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to deliver on his
promises to Nigerians. We are determined to ensure that all the three arms of
government, particularly the Judiciary are put on a good footing to be able to
deliver justice without fear or favour. We are determined to ensure that the
right people are brought on board,” he said.

The lawmaker assured Nigerians that the Federal Government
would soon roll out social investment programmes to palliate the sufferings of
the masses, especially the poorest of the poor in the country in view of the
removal of subsidy on fuel.

He said, “The Federal Government will put palliatives in
place to help the poorest of the poor. There is also another category of
palliatives that will be rolled out for civil servants apart from the promised
salary increment that will be done across states and at the federal level.

“The subsidy removal is very significant because the Federal
Government will be able to save a lot of money to do infrastructure and make
all Nigerians happy. That was the intention of President Tinubu about the
removal. He knows what Nigerians are passing through and efforts are underway
to cushion the effects of this removal”

Bamidele appreciated God for sparing his life to celebrate
his 60th birthday, describing the gesture as uncommon favour, having a
retrospect of what he had passed through in his political journeys.