The Senate yesterday screened another batch of six
ministerial nominees, leaving a balance of five more candidates to go.
Those screened were Adewole Isaac Folorunso, Hon.
Bawa Bwari, Mr. Godfrey Onyeama, Zainab Ahmed, Mansur Mohammed Dan Ali and
Pastor Usani Usani Uguru.
However, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, senators
insisted and elicited an apology from one of the ministerial nominees, Pastor
Usani Uguru, over unsavory remarks against the party.
Trouble for the pastor began while responding to
questions from one of the senators.
The senator had made reference to the nominee’s
networking days with some senators, including Suleiman Nazif (Bauchi Central)
and Rabiu Kwakwanso sometime in 2009, when someone remarked from the corners,
“under PDP.”
The pastor had to cut short his presentation and
said: “God forbid, God forbid,” twice in response to the side comment before
returning to his presentation.
The derogatory remarks by the pastor caused
spontaneous uproar among the PDP senators.
Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, rising on
a point of order and citing order 14(a) of the standing rules on privileges,
reminded the nominee that he served as a commissioner in the Copyrights
Commission under PDP government and demanded that the candidate apologise for
his remarks.
The nominee had no choice but to tender an
unreserved apology to the PDP senators.
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