Jonathan Presents Chidoka, Olanrewaju To Senate as Ministerial Nominees
By Suleiman Bello
President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded two names as ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation. They are the Corp Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Benjamin Osita Chidoka, and a lecturer at the University of Abuja, Dr Abubakar Suleiman Olanrewaju.
Mr Bejamin Osita Chidoka was on Tuesday after the sworn-in ceremony of four ministers decorated by the President as Grand Patron of the Special Marshal of the Nigerian Road Safety Commission in recognition of the President’s reform programmes in the road sector.
Those sworn-in by President are, the former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, as the Minister of Education, Dr. Steve Oru as the Minister for the Niger Delta, Prince Clement Adeyeye as Minister of State for Works and Abdul Bulama as Minister of Science and Technology