Ministerial nominees lobby Dogara

Abuja - Ahead of Tuesday’s resumption of
screening of ministerial nominees by the
Senate, some of the would-be ministers on
Monday met behind closed doors with
Speaker of the House of Representatives ,
Hon. Yakubu Dogara, reports The Sun
The meeting is believed to be part of moves
to facilitate their clearance by the Senate.
The visit was part of an ongoing intense
lobby by some nominees who are currently
facing opposition from powerful forces from
their respective states.
Among the nominees who visited the
Speaker was the embattled Sokoto State
nominee, Aisha Abubakar who has been
rejected by the state Governor, Aminu
Tambuwal, all the senators from the state
and the state chapter of the All Peoples
Congress (APC).
Also at the meeting with Dogara were
Senator Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa),
Khadijat Bukar Abba Ibrahim (Yobe), Monsur
Dan Ali (Zamfara), Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna)
and Suleiman Bello (Adamawa).
The nominees were led to the speaker’s
office by the Senior Special Assistants to the
president on National Assembly Matters,
Senator Ita Enang (Senate) and Hon.
Abdulrahman Suleiman Kawu (House).
- News 24