MRS. BIANCA OJUKWU, SENIOR SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENT ON DIASPORA MATTERS
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday asked the Senate to confirm Inuwa Abdul-Kadir as a minister of the Federal Republic.
Sokoto-born Abdulkadir, whose nomination was announced on the floor of the Senate by a residential correspondent, is to replace former Minister of Sports, Alhaji Yusuf Sulieman. Suleiman had resigned his ministerial appointment to enable him contest the Sokoto State gubernatorial election.
In a letter addressed to the Senate, Jonathan said, “In accordance with Section 147 (2) of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I hereby submit the name of Inuwa AbdulKadir for consideration and confirmation as a minister by the distinguished members of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
Similarly, the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs screened wife of late Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu and Senior Special Assistant to President on Diaspora Matters, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu, who was nominated for an ambassadorial position.
Her screening could not hold alongside that of the other 87 confirmed ambassadors, as her husband’s death coincided with the Senate’s confirmation date.
She promised the screening committee, led by Senator Matthew Nwagu, that she would identify steps that the country can take to establish itself as a force to reckon with globally. She also noted that she will obtain data of Nigerians living abroad, in order to check their crime rate.
Dr Saleh Okenwa was also screened by the committee, as a nominee for membership of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON).
Sokoto-born Abdulkadir, whose nomination was announced on the floor of the Senate by a residential correspondent, is to replace former Minister of Sports, Alhaji Yusuf Sulieman. Suleiman had resigned his ministerial appointment to enable him contest the Sokoto State gubernatorial election.
In a letter addressed to the Senate, Jonathan said, “In accordance with Section 147 (2) of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I hereby submit the name of Inuwa AbdulKadir for consideration and confirmation as a minister by the distinguished members of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
Similarly, the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs screened wife of late Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu and Senior Special Assistant to President on Diaspora Matters, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu, who was nominated for an ambassadorial position.
Her screening could not hold alongside that of the other 87 confirmed ambassadors, as her husband’s death coincided with the Senate’s confirmation date.
She promised the screening committee, led by Senator Matthew Nwagu, that she would identify steps that the country can take to establish itself as a force to reckon with globally. She also noted that she will obtain data of Nigerians living abroad, in order to check their crime rate.
Dr Saleh Okenwa was also screened by the committee, as a nominee for membership of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON).
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