#Miniterialscreening...SEE ALL THAT HAVE BEEN SCREENED SO FAR

Hehehe......The senate has screened Gen. Abdurrahman Dambazau (Rtd), a former Chief of Army staff. During his presentation, Dambazzau said Nigeria has a defense policy which needs to be reviewed regularly. He also called for the review of allowances of soldiers, both for those serving in the North East and those who serve in foreign missions in places such as Sierra Leone. He said the Nigerian military has to stick with National security and not regime security. He said that the current N1,000 allowance of soldiers is too low and must be reviewed upwards.

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On conflict of farmers and herdsmen in the North and South, he said this has an adverse effects on agriculture. He said ecological issues such as desertification and erosion have to first be tackled to eradicate this problem. He said this crisis takes a religious turn and called for the root cause of these issues to be addressed. He called for more medical support for soldiers.

On making the military a viable employment opportunity for youths, he called on government to make the terms and conditions of engaging a soldier very attractive. He said Boko Haram is a conflict and is a pseudo-religious crisis.

I enjoyed this one sha......Osagie Ehanire, a German trained surgeon from Edo state has been screened. During his presentation, he said the lack of confidence in Nigeria's medical sector has resulted in most Nigerians going abroad for medical attention. According to him, there needs to be training and retraining of medical personnel. He called for the fight of corruption to be taken to the health care sector in Nigeria.

On wrong medical diagnosis which has led to death of many Nigerians, the ministerial nominee called for better curriculum in schools as well medical personnel consulting each other in serious cases.

According to him, one of the problems in the health sectors is the non inclusion of young medical doctors in the scheme of things. He called on government to adhere to any agreement reached with medical workers so as to avoid incessant strike actions. He acknowledged that maternal and infant mortality have increased in Nigeria. He said a combination of non availability of adequate health facility and staff as well as non affordability of medical services have all increased the rate of infant and maternal mortality. Ehanire said it is unethical for public doctors to run a private practice. He was asked to take a bow and go.

Ehanire is the older brother of Sen. Daisy Danjuma (nee Ehanire)

Ministerial nominee, Christopher Ogbonnaya Onu from Ebonyi state has been screened. Onu talked about the importance of electricity and asked that we do more in that regard. He called for power diversification in Nigeria, asking that we look at other ways for power generation. He asked that Nigeria pursue power generation using coal and said the issue of decrease in gas to be used for power generation will be a thing of the past.

He said renewable power generation using sun light should be considered and that power diversification will help reduce unemployment as more industries will function better. He was asked to take a bow and go.

Former chairman of PDP and APC chieftain Audu Ogbeh has been screened. While addressing the senate, he said he will revolutionize the agricultural sector by ensuring we have quality seeds to cultivate and also improve on the nutrition of livestocks. He said in 35 years to come, most of us will not be here so it is important that Nigeria gets the agricultural sector right. He was asked to take a bow by members of the senate. 

This one tough ooo.....The Senate just finished screening Kayode Fayemi. During his screening, the former governor answered quite a number of questions.

Reacting to claims that he left a heavy debt burden in his state while he was governor, Fayemi said he borrowed to offset debts owed by his predecessor, Segun Oni and also to develop infrastructures which he promised his people during his election. He said the debt figures being brandished around is false.

Reacting to a question that he spent unwarranted sums of money to build a government house during his tenure as governor, Fayemi said he met a 2 bedroom apartment government house and so decided to build a befitting government house. He said the government house was a multipurpose house. He denied claims of buying a N50 million bed in the Ekiti state. He said there is even no N1.5 million bed in the Ekiti government house he built. He dared anyone to bring forward an invoice showing that he paid N50 million for any bed in the government house.

"I challenge anybody who claims that I bought a bed for N50 million to prove it. Anyone one who knows me personally knows that I am not given to frivolities. Not even a bed of N1.5 million is there. I left everything behind when I left. All I did was to build a befitting government house for the state.”

Answering questions on how he will handle the education crisis in Nigeria, Fayemi said we need to do more about Nigeria's teacher quality. He said much needs to be done to make public school education attractive. He also said we need to do more on our curriculum as well as enrollment of students particularly in the Northern states. He advocated for a better judicial system. He asked that people should be prosecuted for Boko Haram activities. He was asked to take a bow and go. 

The senate has finished screening Senator Udoma Udo Udoma from Akwa Ibom state. During his presentation, Udoma said he will be bringing his experience in the private sector to bear when he is confirmed as Minister. He was asked a few questions which he answered very well. He was asked to take a bow and go. They definitely approved of him!

Hehehe....APC National Publicity Secretary Lai Mohammed has just been screened by the Senate. He is the first ministerial nominee to be asked to take a bow and go without being asked any questions by Senate members. He promised to be as passionate and committed if confirmed as minister.

Senate has screened Amina Mohammed, (whose dad is from Gombe state and mum from UK) a special adviser on post 2015 development planning to UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon She spoke on the Millennium Development goals and how Nigeria can benefit more from it. She called for more focus to be put in the vision 2020 plan of Nigeria. She was asked to take a bow and go after speaking for a few minutes. Very learned  woman.