Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has withdrawn Maryam Shetty from the list of ministerialnominees.
Tinubu communicated his decision to the senate as screening of ministerial nominees resumed on Friday.
It was gathered that the senate president, Godswill Akpabio, read the letter from the president during plenary, saying Mariga Mahmoud would replace Shetty on the list.
The president has also added Festus Keyamo, former minister of state for labour and employment, to the nomination list.
Shetty was a nominee from Kano state. Mahmoud, her replacement, also hails from Kano.
On Wednesday, Tinubu added 19 names to the list of ministerial nominees sent to the senate for screening, six days after dispatching the first 28 names to parliament.
Keyamo’s addition now takes the total number of ministerial nominees to 48.
Meanwhile, Gboyega Oyetola, former governor of Osun; Ibrahim Gaidam, former governor of Yobe and incumbent senator representing Yobe east; Sabi Abdullahi, a former senator; and Heineken Lokpobiri, another ex-lawmaker, have been screened and asked to “take a bow and go”.