The Senate has been hit by controversy over the screening of Festus Keyamo, a ministerial nominee.

President Tinubu had earlier sent a list of 28 ministerial nominees, followed by a supplementary list of 19 last Wednesday to the Senate for screening and, thereafter, on Friday, added Keyamo from Delta State.

The name of Maryam Shetty from Kano was removed and replaced with Mariya Mahmoud.The President also adds Festus Keyamo as a ministerial nominee.

The Senate will today confirm the ministerial nominees forwarded to it for screening and subsequent confirmation by President Bola Tinubu.

However,Confusion arose in the Chamber during a session where Senator Bamidele Opeyemi, the Senate leader, proposed a motion. Prior to the chaos, the nominee was asked to explain his qualifications and reasons for becoming a Minister in Nigeria.

Senator Darlington Nwokocha from the Labour Party then pointed out the nominee's constitutional violations while he was Minister of State for Employment, Labour, and Productivity, mentioning how he blocked the Reps Committee from carrying out its oversight function on the sum of N52 billion released to his Ministry.

Senator Nwokocha moved to postpone Keyamo's screening according to parliamentary rules, a motion seconded by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe. Amid the commotion, the Senate President decided to move the session to a private discussion, and the nominee was escorted out by the Sergent-At-Arms.

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What do you think should Keyomo still be considered in the ministerial list?

He is the Senior Advocate of Narcotics.
He & his master are always drugified

Tinubu keeps appointing people of questionable character into his illegitimate government

I am not surprised tho because he's a man of bad character too

In a sane society, the senate will reject his nomination but I don't see that happening under the puppet 10th senate.

He should not lai Lai Lai

since keyamo was mention tinubu admin has no rest,mr P remove keyaom he is a bad omen with illwind followin him causing uproars and disorientation

KEYAMO must be minister, to hell with that IPOB terrorist claiming senator.