Today, Tinubu sends second list of ministers.

Today, President Bola Tinubu will submit to the Senate for review a fresh set of nominations for ministerial positions.

The names would either arrive on Tuesday night or very early on Wednesday morning, according to a Senate insider who is quite trustworthy.

The insider confidentially informed our correspondent that today’s plenary would read the names of the new group of ministerial nominees.

The congressman further stated that today will see the completion of the screening of the 28 applicants, allowing for the screening of the next group.

“The fresh slate of nominees will be announced by Wednesday, and we’ll finish screening them by Monday.

We want to finish the screening before we break for a break. The member stated, “We wouldn’t want a situation where we would go on break and then start summoning MPs back to come for screening.

Out of the 28 ministerial nominees the President had previously presented, the Senate had on Monday already vetted 14.

Tuesday saw the screening of nine of the 14 remaining candidates. Those screened on Tuesday were Senator David Umahi (Ebonyi), Olawale Edun (Ogun State), Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna State), Ahmed Dangiwa(Katsina State), Uche Nnaji (Enugu State), Stella Okotete (Delta State), Adebayo Adelabu (Oyo State), Ekperikpe Ekpo (CrossRiver State) and Hannatu Musawa(Katsina State).

Edun, a financial expert, provided opinions on the country’s exchange rate during his screening.

According to Edun, Nigeria may duplicate India’s success in palliative sharing through the acquisition of biometric data.

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Adelabu criticized the Federal Government’s economic management ministries for failing to monitor and oversee the CBN’s operations.

“The President’s objective is that we’ll have no power outages in this country within seven years,” El Rufai stated during his screening.

“The president is saddened by the fact that nations like Benin Republic, Niger, and Cameroon, our neighbors, have consistent electricity yet with all of our resources, capabilities, and the caliber of people we have as a country, we are unable to provide electricity to our households and businesses,” he continued.

Earlier, Senator Sunday Karimi, a member from Kogi West, spoke out against El-Rufai during the ministerial screening.

Following El-Rufai’s presentations, Karimi got up and informed the audience that he had filed a petition against the former governor on the security situation in Southern Kaduna.

“Your performance in each office you have had in the nation has been extraordinary,” he remarked. Your performance in the Bureau of Public Enterprises is on record, as is your performance as a minister in the FCT, and as the two-term governor of Kaduna State, you did well.

But I have a very compelling petition against you that touches on the security, togetherness, and cohesiveness of the Nigerian nation, Karimi continued, holding up a brown package.

“And I believe that this screening process ought to take the petition into account.”

Karimi then went on to present the petition to Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau, who was overseeing the screening process at the time.

I don’t know if you followed the standard procedure, but Barau responded, “This is the chance for nominees to explain and display themselves; subsequently we will come to confirmation and approval.”

El-Rufai received praise from other senators, who noted that the former governor was capable of serving as a minister.

The Senate then decided to wait until Wednesday to conduct the ministry nominees’ background checks.