Finally, the Senate screened Rotimi Amaechi, the former governor of Rivers state today, October 22.

Rotimi Amaechi

Speaking ahead of today’s screening and approval of Amaechi’s ministerial nomination, Senator Thompson Sekibo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) representing Rivers state noted that the party has no right whatsoever to ask the Senate not to go ahead with the screening.
The Senate had excluded the Amaechi from the ministerial screening a couple of times since the exercise began, due to the inability of the committee on ethics and privileges to conclude investigations into petitions brought against him by senators from his state.