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Senate approves 42 of 49 ministerial nominees

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    Nigeria’s Senate approved on Wednesday 42 of the 49 ministerial nominees of President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) reported. The senators also approved 12 of the 15 special advisers he proposed. Nominees who have failed to clear the Senate’s hurdle include Theophilus Danjuma, tipped as defence minister, who served as Obasanjo’s army chief when he was military ruler from 1976-1979. A Lagos newspaper, ‘The Guardian’, quoted sources as saying that Danjuma’s fate, and that of Hassan Adamu from Adamawa State were yet to be decided. “Definite reasons were not cited yesterday for the Senate’s decision,” the newspaper said on Thursday. It said, however, that it learnt that “geographical balancing played a part”.

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