APC, PDP senators set for battle over Amaechi
Amaechi
Fireworks likely at his screening
Weeks after he was tipped as a minister by President Muhammadu Buhari, former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s nomination is still generating ripples at the Senate.
He is billed for screening today after 18 of the 21 ministerial nominees on Buhari’s
first list were cleared.
Senators, it was gathered yesterday, are set for an epic battle over his screening.
Amaechi and Adebayo Shittu, a former member of Oyo State House of Assembly in the Second Republic, are the ones remaining on the list to be cleared.
The president has since replaced the 21st person on the list and the immediate past deputy governor of Niger State, Musa Ibeto.
Some of the minority Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators are spoiling for war – initiated from outside the Senate – vowing to stop Amaechi’s screening, but their All Progressives Congress (APC) counterparts are set to ensure his clearance.
Weeks after he was tipped as a minister by President Muhammadu Buhari, former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s nomination is still generating ripples at the Senate.
He is billed for screening today after 18 of the 21 ministerial nominees on Buhari’s
first list were cleared.
Senators, it was gathered yesterday, are set for an epic battle over his screening.
Amaechi and Adebayo Shittu, a former member of Oyo State House of Assembly in the Second Republic, are the ones remaining on the list to be cleared.
Some of the minority Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators are spoiling for war – initiated from outside the Senate – vowing to stop Amaechi’s screening, but their All Progressives Congress (APC) counterparts are set to ensure his clearance.
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