However, with barely six days to the stipulated date, only seven states have sworn in their commissioners since the governors’ 2023 inauguration. The 21 states yet to swear in their commissioners are: Benue, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau, Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, and Yobe states. Responding to issues bordering on the ministerial list, Senator Victor Umeh, (Labour Party, Anambra Central) said he was not aware of the stage of the ministerial list. He also debunked stories claiming that the Senate, during an executive session, discussed the ministerial list. “The Senate’s closed-door meeting has nothing to do with the ministerial list as reported; rather it was due to other issues.

Source: Punch July 22, 2023 18:00 UTC