Strong indications have emerged that
today’s plenary session, where the Senate
would unveil the ministerial list sent by
President Muhammadu Buhari, may be stormy
as senators are saying the President must, in
line with the constitution, submit himself
before the Senate for screening if he appointed
himself Minister of Petroleum.
They are also set to reject an incomplete list,
saying the constitution provides for a nominee
from each state of the federation and that any
list that did not cover the 36 states would
suffer serious opposition on the floor of the
Senate.
The senators have also vowed that they would
not be cowed by the trial of Senate President,
Dr. Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct
Tribunal, CCT, just as they promised to adopt
stringent measures in line with the provisions
of the Constitution during the screening of
ministerial nominees.
They added that the tradition of take-a-bow for
senators coming for screening as ministers
would be jettisoned, adding that they were
prepared to send names of nominees to the
sender of such a list.
Senate President, Dr. Saraki, is currently facing
trial at CCT, following a 13-count charge
levelled against him by the Code of Conduct
Bureau, CCB, bordering on alleged corruption
and false declaration of assets in 2003 and
summoned him to appear before it, which he did.
‘We’ll stick to rules’
Speaking with journalists yesterday in Abuja,
Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, Abia North, who noted that the list
was expected to be complete, in line with the
Constitution, said: “The list will be unveiled
tomorrow( today). The Senate President kept
to his words that the envelope will remain
sealed until tomorrow (today).
“We know that all we have been reading could
be speculations until it is opened. It will be
read on the floor of the Senate and we will
know. Even the 21 that people are speculating
will be ascertained tomorrow (today) on the
floor.
“The Constitution does not support ministers
by batches. Every state must be represented
but if the number is not complete, some of us
may raise constitutional issues. If we have to
wait for another three months for him to send
another list comprising representatives of other
states, it means those states would be non-
functional.
“We will be guided by the constitution and the
rules of the senate. This time around, we
resolved that we are going to be quite
stringent. We are going to ensure that whoever
is coming as the minister of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria must be somebody worth
the salt; somebody we can rely upon and
somebody that would have met the
constitutional requirements.
‘We’ll stick to the rules’
“We are not considering waving any rule. Why
should we wave the rule? If we want to do
that, it should be before the screening. I
believe that at the end of the day Nigerians will
be happy because some Nigerians are already
saying that the names being speculated were
not what they have been waiting for these five
months.
“This government has tagged itself as the
government of change. If that is the cardinal
thing, it will be against this Senate and, indeed,
against the President and Nigerians for us to
see a very strong allegation that hinges on
corruption and we ignore it. If we see a strong
petition, definitely we will look into it and follow
it to a logical conclusion.
“If it requires writing to the anti-graft agencies
like ICPC or EFCC to give us a report on such a
person, we will do that because that is what
screening is all about. Screening is not a tea
party. In Cross River State the appointees are
going to write aptitude test.”
Days of take-a-bow over
On the President’s decision to appoint himself
as Minister of Petroleum, he said: “I do not
think the President’s name will be on the list
and I also do not think that the President will
say he is a minister because if you are a
minister, one of the conditions is that you must
be subjected to screening and approval of the
Senate.
“He, as the chief minister, can be there to
supervise any ministry, but he cannot be a
minister. Whoever is advising him to be
minister is not advising him rightly.”
Chairman, Senate ad hoc Committee on
Publicity, Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi
West): “In our screening of ministers, it will not
be business as usual. The era of take a bow
and go are over. The right people will be made
ministers without any political or religious
consideration.”

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Humm

Titilayodeji13:

On the President’s decision to appoint himself
as Minister of Petroleum, he said: “I do not
think the President’s name will be on the list
and I also do not think that the President will
say he is a minister because if you are a
minister, one of the conditions is that you must
be subjected to screening and approval of the
Senate.
“He, as the chief minister, can be there to
supervise any ministry, but he cannot be a
minister. Whoever is advising him to be
minister is not advising him rightly.”


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/ministerial-list-buhari-must-be-screened-if-hes-petroleum-minister-senate-2/

Yelp, the president does not need to say that he is the minister of petroleum for him to be
head of that ministry. All ministries are under him initially until he appoints ministers over
them. This means the ones that he didn't appoint ministers over will remain under him.

Oh yess! Buhari must be screened

We have got so many dragons who can even kill for that position, so its best Buhari takes the seat after all he is an experienced man in the petroleum industry.

no problem

Yes he must b screened. Every single one of dem.

The political drama with this new 'change changers' gets more dramatic by the day. Lol

Watch out for next season of this movie coming out soon....

Just imogine! These guys geh sense at all Buhari being the minister is like him not appointing anybody for that ministry while it still functions. And these mumu wan screen am. Ngwanu make una call am come na.... odes