Senator Abdula’ziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) has reassured the public that the Senate is putting forth its best efforts to carry out a thorough assessment of President Bola Tinubu‘s proposed ministerial candidates.
Speaking to reporters after his private visit to Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday in Abuja, Yari shared his insights on the Senate’s efforts regarding President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominees.
Yari expressed confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominations, stating that they have been devoid of any mistakes.
‘The Senate believe strongly that Tinubu has done thorough deep investigation about the credibility of each and every person brought on board.’
‘Take a bow and go you saw yesterday (Monday) is a tradition in the National Assembly. Anybody that is seen to take a bow and go is either one of the prominent person that served Nigeria for a long or his track record is known to every Nigerian.’
‘And the National Assembly has a tradition if you served as a Senator or a Honourable member of the House of Representatives is an honour to read your Curriculum Vitae and maybe explain yourself which they all have the record to ask you to take a bow and go.’
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‘But where we need to do a thorough job for Nigerians we used to do it and you can see but whatever we did as a leaders Nigerian people will look as if we are not doing enough. A leader don’t dig deep enough but he do his best.’
‘So we are doing our best to ensure that we thoroughly interrogate the nominees to the satisfaction of Nigerians,’ Yari said.
Yari appealed to Nigerians for their understanding, assuring them that the National Assembly is fully committed to addressing the needs and desires of the populace.
‘As the President said yesterday (Monday) we are also saying the same thing, Nigerians should bear with us, we are there for them on their behalf and we are going to do our best, what only we need from them is to be patience.’
‘Each and every person brought on board we believe strongly the President has done his thorough deep investigation about the credibility of each and everyone one of them.’
‘We at the National Assembly are doing how best through what has been presented to us and we ask you questions according to your discipline and what we are expecting from you,’ he said.
According to Yari’s statement, the nominees are expected to be well-versed in the subjects of water resources, finances, education, and health.
‘We centred our questions on what your profession is. And so far those that we went through have answered our questions satisfactorily and we are going to do our best to ensure that we put them on for the job.’
‘And you see is not about only having a credential, not only having a credibility and not only having experience but sometimes is about the office you are holding.’
During his private visit to Shettima, Yari stated that he was at the presidential villa to extend his formal congratulations to the Vice President and reassure him of his steady support.