The Senate late Monday evening confirmed 45 ministerial nominees out of 48 forwarded to it for confirmation by President Bola Tinubu in three batches.
Nwokocha had accused Keyamo of disrespecting the 9th National Assembly and accusing the last Assembly of being corrupt when he was summoned to give explanation on the implementation of the special works programme under his purview as a Minister in the last Buhari administration.The sum of N52 billion was allocated for the scheme, which was coordinated by the National Directorate of Employment under the supervision of Keyamo as the Minister of State for Labour and Employment.
He, therefore, endorsed the point of order from Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, asking the red chamber to go into closed-door session to resolve the issue.Speaking after the Senate resumed from closed session, Keyamo said: “I apologise and the apology is without reservation.”He said the entire register of the “beneficiaries of the special public works and their details, including their account numbers and BVNs are with the NDE.
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