President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday forwarded the names of 12 new
ministerial nominees to the Senate for consideration and confirmation.
Jonathan in a letter read by Senate
President David Mark at plenary in Abuja said the nominations were in
accordance with Section147 (2) of the Constitution.
The nominees are – ex-National
Security Adviser, General Aliu Mohammed Gusau (Zamfara State), Nigerian
Ambassador to Ghana, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro (Lagos), Hon. Mohammed
Wakil (Borno), Abduljelili Oyewale Adesiyan (Osun), Ambassador Aminu
Wali (Kano), Mrs. Hadjia Jemila Salik (Kano) and Mrs. Akon Etim Eyakenyi
(Akwa Ibom).
Others are – Laurencia Labaran
Mallam (Kaduna), Dr. Tamuno W. Danagogo (Rivers), Asabe Asmau Ahmed
(Niger), Mr. Boni Haruna (Adamawa) and Dr. Khaliru Alhassan (Sokoto).
Also on Tuesday, Jonathan presented the names of the newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs for confirmation.
They are the Chief of Defence
Staff, Air Marshall Alex Badeh, Chief of Army Staff, Major General
Kenneth Minimah, Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Usman Jibrin and
Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Adesola Amosu.
Jonathan said: “I write to forward,
in compliance with the provisions of Section 18(1) of the Armed Forces
Act, Cap. A.20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, the names of the
under listed for the kind confirmation of the Senate of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria for appointment as Chief of Defence Staff, and
Service Chiefs of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
It would be recalled that this is
the first time appointments into the military hierarchy are being
subjected to Senate’s confirmation.
A Federal High Court had ruled that
it was illegal for the Chief of Defence Staff and other Service Chiefs
to be appointed by the President without Senate’s confirmation.
The case was instituted by Lagos lawyer, Festus Keyamo
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