{"id":7858,"date":"2025-07-25T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=7858"},"modified":"2025-07-25T08:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:00:24","slug":"akpabio-barau-disagree-on-screening-of-tinubus-nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/07\/25\/akpabio-barau-disagree-on-screening-of-tinubus-nominee\/","title":{"rendered":"Akpabio, Barau Disagree On Screening Of Tinubu\u2019s Nominee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senate President\u00a0 Godswill\u00a0 Akpabio and his deputy, Barau Jibrin, have disagreed over the screening of former Senator Tijani Yahaya Kaura, before his confirmation as a board member of the South-South Development Commission (SSDC).<\/div>\n

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President Bola Tinubu had nominated Kaura, who previously represented Zamfara North, to represent the north-west geopolitical zone on the SSDC board.<\/p>\n

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But speaking during plenary on Wednesday, the Deputy Senate President expressed criticism of the decision to subject Kaura to screening despite being a former senator and chairman of the Committee of Federal Character.<\/p>\n

According to him, the Senate should confirm Kaura\u2019s appointment without subjecting him to the standard vetting procedure as a former colleague.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cThe nominee was our colleague here. I don\u2019t know why he went through screening. He should have been expressly given the nod.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHe chaired the committee on federal character and was one of us. So, it was an aberration to allow him to go through that process. Mr President, we should guard against this in the future.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Responding, Akpabio acknowledged Kaura\u2019s impressive credentials but defended the decision to go ahead with the screening process, saying, \u201cWe will not apologise for it, but what is worth doing is worth doing well.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI congratulate Very Distinguished Senator Kaura. I hope that he will bring value to the SSDC.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Kaura was eventually confirmed by the Senate after a report by the committee on the SSDC found him qualified for the role.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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  Senate President\u00a0 Godswill\u00a0 Akpabio and his deputy, Barau Jibrin, have disagreed over the screening of former Senator Tijani Yahaya Kaura, before his confirmation as a board member of the South-South Development Commission (SSDC)....<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t