The ministerial nomination of Maryam Shetty, a national leader of the APC support group has been withdrawn by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Recall that the president had sent the name of the nominee alongside 48 names to the National Assembly for screening and confirmation.
In a letter sent to the Senate on Friday, the President replaced Shetty’s name with it with Mairiga Mahmud.
This was revealed when Senate President Godswill Akpabio read out a letter by the President at Friday’s plenary session.
More update is coming…
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