At least 10 persons and groups had presented various petitions to the Senate through its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Petitions against the 21 ministerial nominees presented for screening by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Investigations has revealed that apart from the petition against the former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, which was submitted to the Senate in plenary, other Nigerians had forwarded no fewer than nine others to the committee.
A source who is a member of the parliamentary staff and works closely with the committee, stated that the petitions had been properly documented for consideration.
The source said, “I don’t really know the accurate number of petitions we have received so far, I am not in the office at the moment but they should be up to 10.”
Meanwhile, the Presidency yesterday stated it would take its time before reacting to the various criticisms trailing the Tuesday’s announcement of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees by the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki.
“We will react to the various criticisms at the appropriate time. We are aware of the criticisms and we expect that more will still follow. We will react to all of them at the same time.”