BUKOLA Saraki has clarified that reports that the Senate has softened its position on the confirmation of presidential nominees are not particularly correct.

Saraki’s explanation followed a Point of Order by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South) that the actual position of the Senate on confirmation of nominees.

Abaribe noted that if the Senate has actually soft pedaled on confirmation of nominees as widely reported the pending confirmation of Abia State nominee for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) should be carried.

The Senate President who quoted Sections 153(f) of 1999 Constitution (as amended) said that the Senate resolved to foreclose all confirmation requests.

He noted that there were confirmation requests specifically listed by the Constitution to do.

Saraki said that the confirmation of ministerial nominees, ambassadorial nominees, confirmation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman, RECs of INEC, were clearly stated in the Constitution for the Senate to carry out.

He said that resolution to suspend confirmation requests was specifically targeted at requests created by Acts of parliament because there were issues to resolve.