The Senate has commenced the screening of the seven ministerial nominees transmitted to it by President Muhammadu Buhari last week Tuesday.

The nominees who appeared before the Senate Committee are: Henry Ikechukwu Ikoh – Abia State; Umana Okon Umana (Akwa Ibom), Ekumankama Joseph Nkama (Ebonyi); and Goodluck Nnana Opiah (Imo).

Others are Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub (Kano), Ademola Adewole Adegoroye (Ondo) and Odum Odi (Rivers).

They were appointed from four south-east states, as well as one state each in the north-west, south-west, and south-south regions.

Details later…