Screening of the ministerial nominees continuea today,October 20

The Senate will today, October 20, undergo another round of ministerial screening as 19 ministerial nominees get
ready to answer questions raised on the floor of the House. Out of the first 21 nominees from ‘batch A’ , 18 have been screened, leaving 16 nominees from ‘batch B’ , and two from the first list yet to be quizzed.
The 18 confirmed ministers are: Udoma Udo Udoma (Akwa Ibom state), Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti state), Audu Ogbeh (Benuestate), Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi state), Osagie Ehanire (Edo state), Abdulrahman Dambazau (Kano state), Lai Mohammed (Kwara state), Amina J Mohammed (Gombe
state), Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa state), Ibrahim Jibril (Nasarawa state), Babatunde Fashola (Lagos state), Dr. Ibe
Kachikwu (Delta state), Abubakar Malami
(Kebbi state), Chris Ngige (Anambra state), Aisha Jummai Alhassan (Taraba
state), Solomon Dalong (Plateau state), Kemi Adeosun (Ogun state), Hadi Sirika
(Katsina state).
President Muhammadu Buhari however withdrew the name of immediate past
deputy governor of Niger state, Ahmed Musa Ibeto, from the list of nominees.
There is however controversy over whether Amaechi would be screened by the Senate.