“DSS Approves as Senate Prepares to Screen Bianca Ojukwu and Six Other Ministerial Nominees.”

The Department of State Services (DSS) has approved the seven ministerial nominees put forward by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for Senate screening.As reported by Vanguard, the Nigerian Senate is scheduled to start the screening process for the nominees, including Bianca Ojukwu, on Tuesday, October 29....CONTINUE READING>>>

In order to meet the submission deadline, the nominees have presented their curriculum vitae to the National Assembly.According to Vanguard, the nominees hurried to the office of the President’s Special Adviser on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, to ensure their documents were submitted on time.Senator Lado confirmed that the nominees have started submitting the necessary paperwork, which is the initial step in the Senate’s screening and confirmation process.

The Senate will carry out the screening and confirmation according to Section 147 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).Senate President Godswill Akpabio has instructed that the nominees be sent to the Committee of the Whole for further legislative review.