President Bola Tinubu has written the Senate to withdraw the nomination of Maryam Shetty as a Minister, replacing her with Mairiga Mahmud, from Kano State.
Tinubu’s directive is contained in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Friday’s plenary.
According to the letter, Mariga Mahmud is to replace Dr Shetty as a ministerial nominee.
The President also announced Festus Keyamo SAN as a ministerial nominee.
This addition now takes the total number of Ministerial Nominees to 48.
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