President Muhammadu Buhari has sent names of two new ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation.

A source close to the Senate told our correspondent that the letter arrived the Senate late Tuesday.

The source revealed that the two nominees are from Kogi and Gombe state.

Our correspondent gathered that the Kogi nominee will be replacing the late Minister of State for Labour, Barr. James Ocholi while the nominee from Gombe would be replacing former Minister for Environment Ms Amina Mohammed who had gone to serve in the United Nations as a deputy Secretary General.

The list of ministerial nominees is coming at a time when the Senate stood down for two weeks consideration of the request of President Buhari for the appointment of Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs).

The Senate based its decision on what it termed disregard for its proceedings.

The upper legislative chamber specifically berated the President for appearing to be doing nothing about the rejection of Ibrahim Magu a the Chairman of the EFCC but allowing him to function in acting capacity.

The senate stressed that it was wrong to leave any appointee in acting capacity even after he had been rejected twice buy the senate especially wen the President or his Vice is in office.

brostheo:
It is no secret babu is only a President for the north, people who should ordinarily be escorting cows now turn our rulers

brostheo:
It is no secret babu is only a President for the north, people who should ordinarily be escorting cows now turn our rulers

hotspec:
So he shd pick candidate from Osun an Ondo to fill those slots, abi..

brostheo:
It is no secret babu is only a President for the north, people who should ordinarily be escorting cows now turn our rulers

omenkaLives:
This is how silly hate makes one sound.. Look how you've embarrassed yourself.

brostheo:
Hahahahah tah

dolphinife:
Sensational headline....the minister representing Kogi died last year, while the minister representing Gombe got appointed somewhere else.....

Would you people have loved he appointed someone from Anambra and Enugu to fill those positions when the law says every state must have a representative in the FEC

Why is it that so many juvenile idiots have taken over this nairaland??

Seun need to fumigate this forum

LionDeLeo:
Lol at sensational headline & comments so far. Clowns dominate nl. With comments like these, I have no doubt that there is no regional/ethnic lopsidedness after all in his appointees. It is all noise and have no basis. Imagine, "Buhari appoints two ministers from the north". Is it from the east you want him to replace the ministerial slots?

micontysneh:
North in power for years, no result...na now result go come

omenkaLives:
[s]This is how silly hate makes one sound.. Look how you've embarrassed yourself. [/s]