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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, on Sunday confirmed that the Senate had yet to communicate to the Presidency on the matter because doing so would require a Senate plenary.
Lack of communication from the Senate to the Presidency on confirmation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees is delaying the inauguration of the new Federal Executive Council.
“The communication cannot be done until when the senators in plenary approve the votes and proceedings of the decision taken at the last week’s sitting of the Senate,” Enang told one of our correspondents on the phone.
Buhari had on the last day of September forwarded a list of 21 persons to the Senate for confirmation. He also sent another batch of 16 names on October 2 though he later withdrew the name of one of the nominees.
While the Senate had earlier confirmed 18 nominees at first, the upper chamber confirmed the remaining 18 nominees last Thursday at a time the President was attending the third summit of the India-Africa Forum in New Delhi.
Buhari returned to the country late on Friday and there have been speculations that he would inaugurate his ministers during the week.
Already, the social media have been awash with different permutations on how the President would assign his ministers’ portfolios.
Lack of communication from the Senate to the Presidency on confirmation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees is delaying the inauguration of the new Federal Executive Council.
“The communication cannot be done until when the senators in plenary approve the votes and proceedings of the decision taken at the last week’s sitting of the Senate,” Enang told one of our correspondents on the phone.
Buhari had on the last day of September forwarded a list of 21 persons to the Senate for confirmation. He also sent another batch of 16 names on October 2 though he later withdrew the name of one of the nominees.
While the Senate had earlier confirmed 18 nominees at first, the upper chamber confirmed the remaining 18 nominees last Thursday at a time the President was attending the third summit of the India-Africa Forum in New Delhi.
Buhari returned to the country late on Friday and there have been speculations that he would inaugurate his ministers during the week.
Already, the social media have been awash with different permutations on how the President would assign his ministers’ portfolios.