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President Bola Tinubu has withdrawn the nomination of Maryam
Shetty as a minister.
The president communicated his decision to the senate as
screening of ministerial nominees resumed on Friday.
Godswill Akpabio, senate president, read the letter from the
president during plenary.
Mariga Mahmoud will replace Shetty on the list.
The president has also added Festus Keyamo, former minister
of state for Labour, to the nomination list.
Shetty was a nominee from Kano state. Mahmoud, her
replacement, also hails from Kano.
On Wednesday, Tinubu added 19 more names to the list of
ministerial nominees sent to the senate for screening, six days after
dispatching the first 28 names to parliament.
Keyamo’s addition now takes the total number of ministerial
nominees to 48.
As of the time of filing this report, Gboyega Oyetola,
former governor of Osun; Ibrahim Gaidam, former governor of Yobe and incumbent
senator representing Yobe east; Sabi Abdullahi, a former senator; and Heineken
Lokpobiri, another ex-lawmaker, have been screened and asked to “take a bow and
go”.
The senate is taking a break so that lawmakers of Muslim
persuasion can observe the Friday prayers.
