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How Five Ex-Governors Made List Of Tinubu’s Second Batch Of Ministerial Nominees

President of the Senate, Senator Godwill Akpabio, has announced the second batch of President Bola Tinubu of ministerial nominees.

Former governors Gboyega Oyetola (Osun); Simon Lalong (Plateau); Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi) and Bello Metawale (Zamfara) were announced by the Senate President.

Akpabio, who presided over the screening of some of the ministerial nominees, read the names of the new nominees in the second list submitted to the plenary by the President Bola Tinubu.

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Former Speaker, House of Representatives and the Chief of staff to Tinubu, Femi Gbajiabiamila, submitted the remaining list of ministerial nominees to the Senate on Wednesday (today).

The list is a completion of the remaining eleven states that have not been alloted a ministerial slot.

To allow Gbajiabiamila to present the list, the Senate invoked its Order 12(i) to allow the former speaker enter the chamber at 3.15pm.

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Alex Enemanna

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