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Senate confirms 45 nominees, defers El-Rufai, other’s confirmation

The ministerial nomination of Nasir El-Rufai and two others is yet to be confirmed.

The Senate has confirmed 45 out of the 48 persons nominated as ministers by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio at the end of the screening of the ministerial nominees on Monday, August 7, 2023, said 45 nominees were confirmed.

With names of three nominees missing on the list of confirmed nominees, Akpabio said, former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, Abubakar Sani Danladi (Taraba) and Stella Okotete (Delta) were awaiting security clearance.

Below is the full list of confirmed nominees:

Ekperikpe Ekpo : Akwa Ibom State

Heineken Lokpobri : Bayelsa State

Betta Edu : Cross River State

John Enoh : Cross River State

Abubakar Momoh : Edo State

Nyesom Wike : Rivers State

Tahir Mamman : Adamawa State

Bauchi: Yusuf Maitama Tuggar

Bauchi: Ali Pate

Borno: Abubakar Kyari

Gombe: Alkali Ahmed Saidu

Taraba: Uba Maigari Ahmadu

Yobe: Ibrahim Geidam

Jigawa: Mohamed Badaru

Kano: Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure

Kano: Abdullahi T. Gwarzo

Katsina: Ahmad Dangiwa

Katsina: Hanatu Musawa

Kebbi: Yusuf Tanko Sununu

Kebbi: Atiku Bagudu

Sokoto: Bello M. Goronyo

Zamfara: Bello Matawalle

Abia: Nkiruka Onyejiocha

Anambra: Uju Ohaneye

Ebonyi: David Umahi

Enugu: Uche Nnaji

Imo: Doris Uzoka

Ekiti: Dele Alake

Lagos: Tunji Alausa

Lagos: Lola Ade-John

Ogun: Isiak Salako

Ogun: Bosun Tijjani

Ogun: Olawale Edun

Ondo: Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo

Osun: Adegboyega Oyetola

Oyo: Adebayo Adelabu

Benue: Joseph Utsev

FCT: Zaphaniah Bitrus Jisalo

Kogi: Shuaibu A. Audu

Kwara: Lateef Fagbemi

Nasarawa: Imaan S. Ibrahim

Niger: Mohammed Idris

Niger: Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi

Plateau: Simon Lalong

Delta: Festus Keyamo

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