{"id":93772,"date":"2023-08-07T22:02:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T21:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/senate-fails-to-confirm-el-rufai-two-others-cites-security-concerns"},"modified":"2023-08-08T00:28:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T23:28:45","slug":"senate-fails-to-confirm-el-rufai-two-others-cites-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-fails-to-confirm-el-rufai-two-others-cites-security-concerns","title":{"rendered":"Senate fails to confirm El-Rufai, two others, cites security concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian Senate on Monday failed to confirm the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir EL-Rufai.<\/p>\n<p>Forty-five ministerial nominees out of 48 nominees forwarded to the Senate by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu have been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the confirmation of the 45 nominees, Senate President, Godswill Obot Akpabio, revealed that Nasir El-Rufai and two others have not been cleared by security checks.<\/p>\n<p>Akpabio said: \u201cEl-Rufai and two others have not been cleared by security checks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those not confirmed are Malam Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), Stella Okotete (Delta) and Danladi Umar (Taraba).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigerian Senate on Monday failed to confirm the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir EL-Rufai. Forty-five ministerial nominees out of 48 nominees forwarded to the Senate by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu have been confirmed. 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