The screening of ministerial nominees into the Federal Executive Council enters day two on Wednesday.
The Senate on Tuesday screened 10 ministerial nominees, including a former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Lt. Gen Abdulrahman Danbazzau, Chief Audu Ogbeh and the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
On Wednesday Another set of nominees will meet the Senate and reel out their programmes for Nigerians.
Those that will be screened on Wednesday are – former Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), his Rivers State counterpart, Rotimi Amaechi, Dr. Chris Ngige, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, Abubakar Malami (SAN), Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan, Barr. Solomon Dalong, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, Senator Hadi Sirika and Barr. Adebayo Shittu .
THE NOMINEES:
Babatunde Fashola:
– Lagos success a team effort.
– Police decentralization is a must.
– Encourage diversification of economy through productivity.
– I don’t sign cheques or fix prices.
– Nobody has said I have corruptly enriched myself.
– Concept of loyalty is a very strange one. If tested you may be asked to take a bullet for your son.
– Nigerians invest more money outside the country.
– Nigeria needs loans that will grow the economy.
– Security is the toughest task any government can possibly take.
Dr. Ibe Kachikwu
– 50% of NNPC subsidy charges come from kerosine.
– Refinery has a lifespan of 50-60 years depending on maintenance.
– Nigerians to get free cylinders next year.
– PH Refinery operating presently at about 67% capacity.
-No routine maintenance in refineries in 10 years.
– No new PIB for now.
– Contracts processes in NNPC not transparent.
– Senators will get monthly report on NNPC and the petroleum industry as a whole.
– All requests or grants for refineries will be reviewed.
– NNPC is not owing salaries.
– There is massive fraud in subsidy scheme.
– I will support NNPC unbundling.
– NNPC has one of the best retirement packages in Nigeria.
Abubakar Malami
– Our laws cannot develop without input from National Assembly.
– Justice administration is incomplete without financial independence of the judiciary.
– There is development in justice administration, but there is need for greater collaboration among the three arms of government.
-No person should be detained in criminal matter beyond a period of three months before they are arraigned.
-Justice administration in respect of criminal cases provides that cases must be determined within 180 days.
– Prisoners should be made to acquire vocational skills while serving their terms.
Dr. Chris Ngige
– We introduced the first health committee in the Senate.
– We promoted primary health care service.
-Buhari is ready to serve Nigerians.
Aisha Alhassan
– My nomination is not a compensation for losing governorship election.
-Corruption has little or nothing to do with money.
-The bar and bench are key players in the corruption of the judiciary.
Solomon Dalong
– Criminal justice in Nigeria has a long history.
– There is need to reduce prison congestion.
-Lawyers must live up to expectations.
– Cattle rustling has international connection and must be tackled head on.
– We must have a clear perception about corruption.
-Over-dependence on oil makes Nigerians lazy.
– Nigeria prison system is punitive.
-Corruption cannot be reduced to opinion, it should be defined by act of the National Assembly.
Kemi Adeosun
– Non-oil sector is growing.
-We must implement strategies to improve IGR
-Identify sources of revenue leakages and plug them
-We must stimulate our economy
-Set aggressive targets to plug revenue leakages
-TSA reduces borrowing capacity.
-TSA improves visibility of revenue.
– We need FID to create employment.
-Nigeria a huge consumer market.
– In 2005, Ogun was ranked 35th out of 36 in worst states to do business.
-We cannot continue to spend 78% of our budget on recurrent expenditure.
-We need to look for other sources of funding.
