Abubakar Aliyu, ministerial nominee from Yobe state, was given a preferential treatment during the senate screening on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Shortly after he appeared before the senators, the nominee, who is the immediate past deputy governor of Yobe, was asked to \u201ctake a bow and go\u201d, a treatment accorded former lawmakers.<\/p>\n
Although Aliyu has no legislative background, he was exempted from questions because the upper legislative chamber \u201cfound him loyal\u201d.<\/p>\n
After introducing himself to the lawmakers, Kabiru Gaya, senator representing Kano north, moved the motion for the nominee not to field questions.<\/p>\n
James Manager, senator representing Delta south, also concurred with Gaya, saying Aliyu\u2019s brother is a former senator.<\/p>\n
Senate President Ahmad Lawan said he is proud of Aliyu, who hails from the same state with him and described the nominee as \u201cloyal and competent.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c[He is] loyal, committed and competent. He has been doing well and he followed the footsteps of the former governor. We are proud of our nominee.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thereafter, Aliyu took a bow and exited the chamber.<\/p>\n
Bashir Magashi, a retired major-general, was also screened by the lawmakers.<\/p>\n
While responding to questions from the senators, Magashi said if appointed defence minister he would enhance the structure of the military.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Nigeria today, there is what we call the command structure, the command structure is now seen as a witness,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe military is always ready to acknowledge performance, we don\u2019t want to always hear that we have not performed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe theatre of war, I think we encourage it because every day you find one problem either for north-east or the central or anywhere, then we need troops to cover that area, we have always disseminated all our forces and I don\u2019t think the current structure shows the true reflection of our requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Abubakar Aliyu, ministerial nominee from Yobe state, was given a preferential treatment during the senate screening on Thursday. Shortly after he appeared before the senators, the nominee, who is the immediate past deputy governor of Yobe, was asked to \u201ctake a bow and go\u201d, a treatment accorded former lawmakers. Although Aliyu has no legislative background, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":105634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2,4],"tags":[21685,471,50093],"yoast_head":"\n