President Bola Tinubu met with the immediate-past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja to discuss the refusal of the Senate to confirm El-Rufai’s ministerial nomination by the President.
El-Rufai and Wike were among the 48 ministerial nominees sent to the Senate for screening and confirmation. The Senate, however, confirmed 45 out of the 48 ministerial nominees, citing security checks as the reason for the refusal to confirm the remaining three. Among the unconfirmed three was El-Rufai.
His visit to the President on Wednesday was two days after the Senate failed to confirm him as a minister-designate. While Wike arrived at the Villa at about 1.40 pm, El-Rufai arrived at about 2 pm.
While there was no official communication on the reason for the visit, sources at the Presidential Villa hinted that it was connected to El-Rufai’s ministerial nomination.
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