Independence Speech: Why I Sent Ministerial List Late

 

President Muhammadu Buhari explained this morning why he eventually sent the list of the first batch of his ministerial nominees to the National Assembly for the Senate late yesterday.

Senate-president,-Bukola-Saraki-receives-ministerial-list At last, the Senate yesterday received the list of ministerial nominees from President Muhammadu Buhari after much expectations by senators and Nigerians.
Senate President Bukola Saraki, on his official twitter handle, tweeted at exactly 5:20pm yesterday that the list had been received by him, saying, I can confirm that I just received the list of ministerial nominees from President Muhammedu Buhari.
Saraki had earlier, during the waiting game over the ministerial list , tweeted at about 4pm that he was yet to receive the list, debunking reports that the list had already been with the Senate yesterday morning.
Akpabio who came through a point of order, under matters of urgent national importance, asked the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, why he did not announce any communication from the president on ministerial nominees as widely expected and in line with the presidents promise.