President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally requested the Senate to screen and confirm Muttaqha Rabe Darma as Minister of Housing and Urban Development.
The request was conveyed in a letter read during plenary by Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and subsequently referred to the Committee of the Whole for consideration.
In a separate correspondence, the President also sought legislative approval for the appointment of Lamido Abubakar Yuguda as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The Senate referred the nomination to its Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, directing it to report back within one week.
Similarly, the President requested confirmation for the reappointment of Benedict Umeno as a member of the Code of Conduct Bureau, representing the South-East. The matter was referred to the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption, also mandated to report within a week.
Darma, who studied Mechanical Engineering at Bayero University Kano, previously contested as the deputy governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party in the 2023 elections before his removal by the party.
Yuguda, on the other hand, is a former Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission and has over three decades of experience at the Central Bank.
The requests form part of ongoing efforts by the administration to fill key positions across government institutions.
