President Muhammadu Buhari has withdrawn the nomination of Ahmed Ibeto from Niger State, bringing the total number of nominees to 36 from 37 earlier submitted.
This was just announced by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki at todays plenary.
Meanwhile, the Senate has promised to improve on whatever gains it recorded yesterday, adding that it would use the feelings of the general public as the yardstick with which to adjudge self.
Chairman of the Senate Ad hoc Committee on Publicity, Senator Dino Melaye, who disclosed this on Wednesday, explained that what happened yesterday was the confirmation screening. He added that “We are not going to confirm in batches. We are going to confirm holistically.”
Melaye went on to state that “the eighth Senate is about the people. Its entire agenda is about the people.”
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