Names Of Ministers: Buhari To Submit List To Senate Before July 2

Top-ranking lawmakers in Nigeria’s National Assembly said they
were expecting President Muhammadu Buhari to submit a list of
ministers that will form his federal executive council before or by
July 2.

The Ahmad Lawan-led 9th Senate would upon resumption from its
two weeks recess in July begin a speedy screening and confirmation
of persons whose names are expected to have been submitted by the
Presidency before the July 2 resumption of the upper legislative
chamber.

A ranking senator told The Guardian, however, that at the
moment, nothing is on the ground regarding the list of persons to
be confirmed as ministers but was optimistic that within the two
weeks of the Senate recess, the President would have submitted the
list.

Another lawmaker who just got elevated from the House of
Representatives to the Senate in the February 23, 2019 election
said that although the President is still within a reasonable time
if he submits the list before July, expectations are that President
Muhammadu Buhari would make up for the time lost during his first
term when he delayed the ministerial list for six months.

The lawmaker further noted that it is particularly very
strategic and helpful for the President to meet the July timeline
because the Senate might proceed on its annual end of session
holiday at the end of that month to reconvene in September.

He was however optimistic that within the two weeks of the
Senate recess, the President would have submitted the list.

The lawmaker further noted that it is particularly very
strategic and helpful for the President to meet the July timeline
because the Senate might proceed on its annual end of session
holiday at the end of that month to reconvene in September.

“I believe that the President should take advantage of the three
weeks the Senate would spend in session between July 2 and the end
of that month by ensuring that before we come back from this two
weeks recess, the ministerial list is ready so that we simply
screen and confirm them within the three weeks that we are going to
sit before we go on end of session recess,” the lawmaker said.

“Anything short of that would amount to dragging Nigeria back to
the delay experienced four years ago because the Senate won’t
resume until around the third week of September.”

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