There was confusion yesterday at the Senate when one of the ministerial nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari, one Amina Mohammed was claimed to have no specific state of origin in Nigeria.
In a petition filed at the Senate floor by Senator Senator Danjuma Laah (PDP, Kaduna South) entitled Objection Against the Nomination of Mrs Amina Mohammed, or Amina Ibrahim as Minister Representing Kaduna State, said: “The vote and proceedings document (Senate) of Tuesday, carries one Amina Ibrahim (no state of origin was listed) on the list as a ministerial nominee.
“Daily Trust of Wednesday, October 7, carries one Amina Mohammed, Kaduna State, as state of origin, a ministerial nominee.
“Daily Sun of Wednesday, October 7 carries one Amina Mohammed, Gombe State as state of origin, a ministerial nominee. The above are different sources carrying variations either in names or in the states of origin.
“Be that as it may, I Senator Danjuma Laah, stand firmly by the provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Section 147 Act(3) – which reads in part, ‘Any appointment under subsection (2) of this section by the President shall be in conformity with the provisions of Section 14(3) of the Constitution, provided that in giving effect to the provisions aforesaid, the President shall appoint at least one minister from each state, who shall be an indigene of such state.
“The Daily Trust Page 44 of October 7, a part of Amina Mohammed’s citation reads ‘was born of a Nigerian father from Gombe and a British mother from Wales, she was educated in Nigeria from the age of two in Birin Kebbi, Kaduna and Maiduguri, before finishing in Isles of Man’.
“It is in the light of above, that I categorically state that I will throw my weight behind scuttling any attempt to impose on the good people of Kaduna State a non-indigene to represent them at the Federal level. “
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