Two months after their nominations were confirmed by the Senate, acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday, July 26 sworn in Stephen Ocheni (Kogi) and Suleiman Hassan (Gombe) as Ministers.
The swearing in took place inside the Council Chambers of the National Assembly at the commencement of the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council.
Shortly after administering their oaths of office on them, Osinbajo announced that their portfolios would be announced “shortly.”
The new ministers attended the FEC meeting with their colleagues.
Osinbajo To Finally Swear In Two New Ministers Today
It will be recalled that the House of Representatives had on July 11 handed down a seven-day ultimatum to Osinbajo to inaugurate the ministers whose names were forwarded to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Osinbajo had failed to inaugurate the ministers since Buhari left the country for London, United Kingdom where he is currently receiving medical attention.
The slots of Kogi and Gombe States in the federal cabinet had been vacant following the death of the Minister of State for Labour, Mr. James Ocholi (SAN), in an accident on March 6, 2016; and the appointment of former Minister of the Environment, Amina Mohammed, as the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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