The Controversy That Emerged During the Evaluation of Tinubu's Ministers This week, the parliament has begun to identify the people who...
The Controversy That Emerged During the Evaluation of Tinubu's Ministers
This week, the parliament has begun to identify the people whom the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated to appoint them to the positions of ministers.
Initially, the president sent the names of 28 people to the parliament to be identified, where they will appear before the parliamentarians to answer questions, but some of the parliamentarians did not answer the questions, while others did. ask many questions. During the assessment of the ministers, there was a dispute in the council hall until some were asked to bring their birth certificates and proof of their school certificates to the council.
Last Thursday, the Senate released the list of names of those who Tinubu will appoint as ministers to form his cabinet, where the council will assess them before their appointment is confirmed.
Tinubu has completed the two month mandate given by the constitution to him and all the governors to present the list of names of those who will be appointed to the parliament for consideration in the parliament hall.
The names include four former governors, seven women, old and new members of parliament, they were selected from 25 out of 36 states in Nigeria.
The constitution of the country allows the president to choose at least one minister from each state. Tinubu is expected to submit to parliament the names of 11 more people in the coming days.
The four former governors include Dabid Umahi, Nyesom Wike, Nasiru El-Rufai and Abubakar Badaru.
Others include Abubakar Momoh, Ambassador Yusuf Miatama Tukur, Arch. Ahmed Dangiwa, Chief Uche Nnaji, Rt. Horn. Ekperipe Ekpo, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji Ojo, Mr. Bello Muhammad G, Mr. Dele Alake, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi SAN, Miss Muhammad Idris, Mr. Olawale Edun, Mr. Waheed Adebayo Adelabu, Farfe-sa Ali Pate, Professor Joseph Utseb, Senator Abubakar Kyari, Senator John Eno , and Senator Sani Abubakar Danladi.
In the letter that Tinubu sent to the parliament, he said that the names of 28 people are the first part of the list of ministers that he wants to appoint, and he promised to send the rest soon.
However, some Nigerians have expressed doubts about how former members of parliament escape from the questions of members of parliament.
Nigerians expect members of parliament to carry out the audit in a way that meets the needs of the people.
There was a lot of chatter in the House of Assembly during the nomination of President Tinubu's ministers when Professor Joseph Terlumun Utseb, who was elected from Benue State, said that he started primary school when he was four years old.
Earlier while introducing himself, he claimed to have been born in 1980 and started primary school in 1984.
Professor Utseb insisted that he was born in 1980 and started primary education in 1984, which caused controversy in the senate hall.
However, after answering questions about what he would do if he was appointed Minister of Water Resources and how he would control the floods in the country, Utseb was eventually asked to leave.
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo who is also a member of the House of Representatives stated that he was born in 1982.
He just finished his studies in 2005 from the University of England, and served the country in 2020 at the age of 38 when he was once a member of the House of Representatives.
Serving the country is for those who are under 30 years old.
Ojo stated that he was 28 years old when he graduated from university, but he continued to live in England.
He pointed out that the law supported him after he served the country at the age of 38 after returning to this country.
As for the candidate from Taraba State, Mohammed Danlandi, he was in trouble during the evaluation. He was accused of being barred by the Supreme Court from holding political office for 10 years.
Danlandi denied this claim, adding that the matter is currently before the Supreme Court.
He was then asked to pass as a former member of the Senate.
After that, the candidate from Sokoto State, Bello Mohammed, had a problem with his secondary school papers, where he was only able to take two lessons and was admitted to university.
A member of parliament wanted to know how he got into the university without getting five points as required by law.
However, Bello said that what the constitution provides is that the certificate of completion of high school to run for office does not need to be completed in five subjects including mathematics and English.
He said he had passed some school leaving exams that allowed him to get into university. But he did not give the results of his other exams to the Senate.
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio urged him to send these documents to the Senate Chamber.
The MPs grilled Betta Edu, Uju Ohaneye and Mrs. Imaan Sulaiman Ibra-him in questioning for about 30 minutes each.