Presidency has dismissed reports making rounds on some news portals that plans have been concluded for the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, to swear-in two ministers from Kogi and Gombe states on Wednesday.
The Ministers are Stephen Ocheni and Suleiman Hassan. Both of them were confirmed by the Senate in April.
Ocheni is to replace the late former Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi, while Hassan is to replace Amina Mohammed who resigned as Minister of Environment to become the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General.
“The story that Femi Adesina, Laolu Akande and I provided confirmation that two new ministers are to be sworn in tomorrow is false
“If they have a record of who said that, let them publish it.
“As spokespersons, we report that which has been given to us. As it is at the moment, we have received no such information.”
It could be recalled that the House of Representatives had earlier passed a resolution calling for the inauguration of Ocheni and Hassan by the Acting President.
1/ In line w/ @GarShehu tweet below, no confirmation was provided on this matter by the spokespersons AT THEIR PRESS BRIEFING earlier today https://t.co/4nSaDdhwjF
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— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) July 25, 2017
Garba is right. We didn’t confirm swearing-in at briefing: we were not ready then because all formalities were’nt in place. Now they are.
— Laolu Akande (@akandeoj) July 25, 2017
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