President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate to screen and confirm Kingsley Tochukwu Ude, SAN, the Enugu State Attorney and Commissioner for Justice as a minister in his cabinet.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio read the letter on the floor of the Senate during plenary on Tuesday.
After the announcement, Akpabio referred the nomination to the Committee of the Whole for further consideration and subsequent screening.
The development follows the resignation of former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, from Tinubu’s government.
Nnaji, who was the only minister from Enugu State in the Tinubu administration, resigned last month over controversy trailing his certificate said to be obtained from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State as well as the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, discharge certificate.
His resignation created a vacuum in President Tinubu’s government and left Enugu State without a minister.
