Breaking: Senate suspends Festus Keyamo’s ministerial nomination screening

Festus Keyamo, SAN, a nominee for a ministerial position, has had his screening suspended as the @NGRSenate enters a closed-door meeting.

Following a heated session where Barr Keyamo is said to have disregarded many summonses from the 9th NASS while serving as Minister, Sen Darlington Nwokocha moved to halt his screening.

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has visited the Presidential Villa over the uproar in the senate about the ministerial screening of Festus Keyamo.

Senator Darlington Nwokocha (LP) representing Abia Central raised a motion and called for the Suspension of Keyamo’s screening on the account that he failed to honour several invitation by the National Assembly when he was the Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity.

During the screening of Mr. Festus Keyamo, the floor of the Senate was thrown into a rowdy session. The lawmaker said Keyamo refused to answer questions on the modality he adopted in the implementation of the Special Public Works programme initiated to empower 1000 Nigerians from each of the 774 local governments across the country