By Musa Baba Adamu
The Senate on Thursday after reeling out the list of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Ministerial nominees that will form his cabinet boasted that the nominees will pass through the crucible of their thorough screening before they can be allowed to take the bow.
The Senate spokesperson Senator Yemi Adaramola who gave the indication when he had an interactive session with the Senate’s press Corps said, there
will be thorough ministerial screening like never before.
“We are very much aware of the high expectations of those who ill assist the President in fulfillment of his mandate and the constitution.
To satisfy the expectations of Nigerians for high velocity performance, we will “eyemark” not “earmark”, the performances. The screening will be very thorough but there will still be the take a bow and go.
“The senate will scrutinize the character, the ability of every nominee. Thorough screening for anybody who will be minster entails he/she must have ideas about everything, but in core specialties like health, yes the minister must be a professional.
“The 10th Senate will not disappoint Nigerians. The team will bring oxygen
into the economy. Characters of the nominees must carry the resume, but we will not manufacture questions and allegations against anyone.”
He advised that as the list has been read out, anyone who has anything against them can channel such to the right quarters.
Although the “Senate is not supposed to sit on Mondays, but because of the importance attached to this national assignment, we have suspended all our rules.
“On Monday we are not supposed to have plenary Monday which you know but we have suspended all rules, all laws for us , in fact we are supposed to go on our annual vacation we have suspended it for the benefit of this assignment.
“This is a national assignment, very crucial and very pertinent, it is necessary and compulsory for us to be at the chamber on Monday at 11am, all other days 10am.”
He said there is no allocation of time for any nominee and if a single nominee takes up to 3 hours or a whole day, so be it.
“A nominee who has been brought forward must explain himself if after explaining and nobody is asking question that you are this or that, we will not manufacture it.”
On the usual take a bow which has become a norm for former senators he said it is a norm and not an anathema.
“Even if you came to national Assembly to submit a paper you must take a bow, so the issue of taking bow is not an anathema, it is a tradition, it is not a slang for complacency. It does not mean you cannot be held accountable. It is just a nom
“The job of a minister is like the job of a Governor who is supposed to oversee and ensure that bureaucrats and technocrat
Who ever wants anything from his Constituency.
“On allegation on some nomine of graft against like former governors with EFCC cases, Adaramodu said all the nominees have gone through security screening checks from the executive.
However, “if there is any red flag raised we will look into it, adding that Nigerians will never be disappointed by the Senate”.
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