President Bola Tinubu has withdrawn Maryam Shetty as a ministerial nominee and named two others, Festus Keyamo SAN and Dr Mariga Mahmoud instead.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio disclosed this while reading out a letter from President Tinubu at Friday’s plenary session.
This is as the Senate commenced the fourth round of screening of the ministerial nominees.
Billed for screening today are former Governors Simon Lalong (Plateau), Bello Matawalle (Zamfara), and Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi).
Others are Abdullahi Gwarzo, Bosun Tijani, Isiak Salako, Tunji Alausa, Yusuf Sununu, Ibrahim Geidam, Lola John, Shuaibu Audu, Tahir Mamman, Aliyu Abdullahi, Alkali Saidu, Heineken Lokpobori, Maigari Ahmadu, and Zaphaniah Jisalo.