Tag: ministers
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I’ll assign portfolio to ministers at inauguration – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, disclosed that he will assign portfolio to members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) who have been confirmed by the Senate at the point of inauguration. The President, however, did not mention any particular date for the inauguration of the new ministers. Buhari, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant…
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BREAKING: Senate confirms Buhari’s 43 ministerial nominees
Nigerian Senate on Tuesday confirmed all the 43 ministerial nominees presented to it for approval by President Muhammadu Buhari. See the full list of ministers confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday: 1.Dr. Ikechukwu Ogah (Abia State) 2. Mohammed Musa Bello (Adamawa State) reappointed 3. Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom State) 4. Chris Ngige (Anambra State) reappointment…
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19 ministers left to be screened, 24 through Senate grill
Twenty four of the 43 ministerial nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari have now been screened, on the second day of the exercise. There has been no rejection yet. All the nominees that have passed through the senate grill have all had an easy touch, with only Sunday Dare, from Oyo, arguably the only one that…
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Fashola, Aregbesola, Amaechi , Akpabio in Buhari’s ministerial list
Former ministers Babatunde Fashola, Rotimi Amaechi, Ogbonnaya Onu, Chris Ngige are on the list of ministerial nominees sent by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Senate for confirmation. The list of nominees was read by Senate President, Ahmed Lawan today. There are 43 nominees in all, with former Osun Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, former Benue Governor George…
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Buhari orders ministers to submit performance reports as first term nears completion
As the first term of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration winds down, he has asked for a comprehensive “status reports on policies, programmes and projects” from cabinet members from their respective ministries, departments and agencies. These reports have, Wednesday, April 24 as the deadline for submission. They are to be handed over to the Presidential…
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Buhari’s ministers yet to reply our strike letters – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the letters of notification of strike action, which it wrote to the Ministries of Education and Labour and Employment, have not been replied by either ministry since Monday, November 5, when it resumed its strike. The ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, disclosed this while speaking…
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Buhari's ex-ministers; Adeosun, Fayemi, Alhassan still listed as cabinet members on state house website
Routine checks by TNG on Tuesday on the website of the Federal Government of Nigeria (state house) http://statehouse.gov.ng/people/ showed that former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, former Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan and former minister of Mines and Steel, Kayode Fayemi (now Governor of Ekiti State) are all still cabinet members of the…
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Buhari, APC governors, ministers, others storm Ekiti on Tuesday for Fayemi’s inauguration
…as inauguration committee rolls out one week long programme President Muhammadu Buhari will lead other eminent Nigerians to the inauguration of Ekiti State Governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday. Fayemi will be sworn in alongside the Deputy Governor-elect, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, by the state Chief Judge, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, at the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion. Buhari,…
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Buhari, Osinbajo, ministers, ruling Nigeria in confusion – R-APC
The Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) on Friday accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Ministers and other top government functionaries of lacking the required coordination to rule the country. The National Publicity Secretary of the RAPC, Mr. Kassim Afegbua, who cited the issue of restructuring as an…
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Nigerian ministers did not shun US investment forum, FG clarifies
Sequel to Emir Sanusi’s claims that some Nigerian ministers who were invited to attend an investment forum in the United States on April 19, the Federal Government on Monday said nothing of such of happened. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, in a statement issued on Monday, said most of the Ministers who…