The Senate is waiting for more names of nominees to become ministers from 11 states.
News About Nigeria reports that the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, submitted a list of 28 ministerial nominees to the National Assembly within the 60-day deadline.
The states still waiting for their nominees are Adamawa, Bayelsa, Gombe, Kano, Kebbi, Kogi, Plateau, Lagos, Osun, Yobe, and Zamfara.
The President left out these states because there are some issues to be resolved among party leaders.
The Senate President, Goodwill Akpabio, read out the list of 28 nominees at the session, but he mentioned that this is not the complete list, and they expect more names to be added in the coming days.
Among the nominees, three states have two nominees each: Bauchi, Cross River, and Katsina. The names of the nominees and their respective states are as follows:
Akwa Ibom: Ekperikpe Ekpo
Cross River: Betta Edu
Cross River: John Enoh
Delta: Stella Okotete
Edo: Abubakar Momoh
Rivers: Nyesom Wike
Bauchi: Yusuf M Tuggar
Bauchi: Ali Pate
Borno: Abubakar Kyari
Taraba: Sani A Danladi
Jigawa: Mohamed Badaru
Kaduna: Nasir El-Rufai
Katsina: Ahmad Dangiwa
Katsina: Hanatu Musawa
Sokoto: Bello M Goronyo
Abia: Nkiru Onyejiocha
Anambra: Uju Ohaneye
Ebonyi: David Umahi
Enugu: Uche Nnaji
Imo: Doris Uzoka
Ekiti: Dele Alake
Ondo: Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo
Ogun: Olawale Edun
Oyo: Adebayo Adelabu
Benue: Joseph Utsev
Kwara: Lateef Fagbemi
Nasarawa: Imaan S-Ibrahim
Niger: Mohammed Idris
In other news the Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for North-West, Mallam Salihu Lukman, has officially quit his position.
He handed in his resignation letter to the Acting National Chairman of the party, Senator Abubakar Kyari, on Wednesday.
