Senate petitioned over another female nominee

A petition against Aisha Abubakar, one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees, has been submitted‎ to the senate on the grounds that she is incompetent to be minister. On Thursday, Ibrahim Gobir, the senator representing Sokoto-east at the national assembly, presented the petition, saying: “The Sokoto people want her to be replaced with a more competent person.” He thereafter laid it before the senate, after which Senate President Bukola Saraki referred it to the committee on ethics, privileges and public petitions. Aisha, who is ‎in the second list of ministerial nominees forwarded to the senate on Monday, is the second woman whose nomination has been challenged through a petition. The nomination of Amina Mohammed was challenged through a petition by a group from Kaduna state, who erroneously thought she was nominated to represent Kaduna rather than her native Gombe state. However, after clarifying her state of origin with the fact-finding committe‎ on Monday, she was screened on Tuesday and confirmed minister on Wednesday. Chibuike Amaechi, former Rivers governor, is another ministerial nominee whose nomination has been challenged through a petition from senators from his state. So far, three ministerial ministerial sominations have been openly challenged at the senate.






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