A ministerial nominee, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani (from Cross River State), today, told Senators who were screening him that he had never worked with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in his life.
The nominee was asked whether he has had cause to work with any PDP senator to which he answered: “God forbid.”
The answer angered the senators elected on the platform of PDP, upon which the nominee quickly tendered an apology, as the anger was growing and turning into confusion.
Despite the apology, the PDP senators were not assuaged but tried all they could to block his screening, though their efforts were thwarted by the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, who ruled the lawmakers out of order.
This was even as the power failure sought to mar the screening of the nominees, thanks to the quick intervention of the maintenance unit of the National Assembly.
The senate also screened Professor Adewole Folorunso, Hon. Bawa Bwari, Geoffrey Onyeama, Zainab Ahmed and Mansur Dan Ali.
So far, 31 ministerial nominees have been screened, while 18 have been confirmed as ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. [myad]
