President Bola Tinubu has asked the senate to screen and confirm a ministerial nominee from Kaduna State, Abbas Balarabe.
President Tinubu also requested the confirmation of Jamila Bio Ibrahim from Kwara State and Ayodele Olawande.
The president’s request was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio at the plenary on Tuesday.
The President had in September announced the appointment of Ibrahim to serve as Minister of Youth and Mr Olawande to serve as Minister of State for Youth pending their confirmation by the Senate.
The nominee from Kaduna appeared to have been nominated to replace a former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, whose nomination was rejected by the Senate.
El-Rufai was rejected alongside Abubakar Danladi (Taraba) and Stella Okotete (Delta) over non-security clearance.
Balarabe was the chairman of the 65-man transition committee of the swearing-in of Uba Sani, as governor of Kaduna State on May 29.
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