PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has replaced the former governor of Kaduna State, and a ministerial nominee: Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, a former ministerial with Balarabe Abbas, a former Secretary to the State Government (SSG).
Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced this while reading a letter from the president on Tuesday
Balarabe’s name was read alongside Dr Jamila Ibrahaim and Ayodele Olawande as Minister of Youths and Minister of State for Youths respectively, who were earlier nominated by the president.
In the letter, the president sought the confirmation of Abbas, Jamila Bio and Olawale Olawande.
While Bio and Olawande have been assigned portfolios of Minister of Youths and Minister of State for Youths respectively, none has been assigned to Abbas.
The new nominee served as Secretary to the State government under el-Rufai. He also headed the transition committee of the state in 2015 and served as the vice-chairman of the committee in 2019.
He also led a 65-man transition committee for the swearing-in of Governor Uba Sani in 2023.
Eighteen-Eleven Media recalls that the Senate had in August withheld the confirmation of Mallam el-Rufai approving the nomination of a total of 45 out of the 48 nominees sent by President Bola Tinubu.
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