Jonathan appoints Obanikoro for ministerial position

President Goodluck Jonathan has sent the list of seven ministerial
nominees to the National Assembly for approval.
The Nigerian Television Authority confirmed this on its Twitter handle
@NTANewsNow on Friday.
Firstclass Newsline learnt that former Minister of State Defence,
Musiliu Obanikoro, who resigned his position in October 2014 to pursue
a governorship ambition in Lagos State which he lost to Jimi Agbaja
made the list.
Kenneth Kobani from Rivers State and Senator Patricia Akwashiki from
Nasarawa State were also said to be among the nominees.
However, when one of our correspondents contacted the Senate, it said
it had yet to receive the list of new ministerial nominees which
according to breaking news monitored on theNTAand the African
Independent Television, was sent to the upper chamber by President
Goodluck Jonathan on Friday.
A civil servant, who works in the senate president's office told our
correspondent that the list had not been brought in as of 3:30pm when
the office closed officially on Friday.
The officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not
authorised to speak to journalists, said, "We have just closed in the
office now and we did not receive any correspondence to that effect."
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Also, the Chief Press Secretary to the senate president, Mr. Paul
Mumeh, when contacted, said he was not aware of the list.
Mumeh said, "Honestly, I am not aware that the list had been sent to
the Senate President's office."
A principal officer of the Senate, who also pleaded anonymity, said,
"I am not aware of any list like that. But you know we are still on
break."
Meanwhile, it is not likely that the Senate would take any action on
the list until February 17, after the presidential election, when the
senators are expected to resume from the general election's break.
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