Senate in closed-doors meeting over ministerial nominees

A few minutes into Thursday’s plenary, the Senate went behind closed doors to continue its meeting.

This is partly due to the list of ministerial nominations that is thought to have been provided by the Presidency.

The fifth item on the Order Paper, taking petitions, was quickly followed by the statement from the leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central), that the senators should enter an executive session. This pronouncement was made by Godswill Akpabio, Senate President.

It was gathered that the meeting may be about the president Bola Tinubu’s nominees for cabinet positions.

It’s likely that the names on the list will be made public after the meeting or next week since there will be no plenary tomorrow (friday).

Details later…