President Bola Tinubu has sought the approval of the Senate for the appointment of Mr Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Tinubu’s request is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate Godswill Akpabio and read at the plenary on Tuesday.
Tinubu said the nomination was made in accordance with the provisions of the 1999 constitution.
Akpabio thereafter referred the nomination to the committee of the whole for consideration.
“Well, in line with our practice and as a result of the urgency, this is referred to the Committee of the Whole for further consideration,” Akpabio said
Tinubu also wrote to the Senate, seeking the screening and subsequent confirmation of Senator Magnus Abe as chairman of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, following the resignation of Gbenga Komolafe.
Also for confirmation by the Senate are Paul Yaro Jezhi, a former Trade Union Congress chairman in Kaduna State, and Sunday Adebayo Babalola, a former deputy director at the defunct Department of Petroleum Resources. Both were nominated as non-executive commissioners.
Tinubu’s letter was read by Akpabio, who subsequently referred the nominations to the Senate Committee on Petroleum Upstream for further legislative action.
