Tinubu seeks Senate approval for minister-designate, CBN deputy gov

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday asked the Senate to screen and confirm Muttaqha Rabe Darma as Minister of Housing and Urban Development.

The request was conveyed in a letter read on the floor by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and referred to the Committee of the Whole for consideration.

In a separate letter, the President also sought the Senate’s approval for the appointment of Lamido Abubakar Yuguda as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

The request was referred to the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, with a mandate to report back within one week.

Similarly, Tinubu requested the confirmation of Benedict Umeno for reappointment as a member of the Code of Conduct Bureau, representing the South-East.

The nomination was referred to the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption, also given one week to submit its report.

Darma studied Mechanical Engineering at Bayero University, Kano.

He was the deputy governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party in 2023 before he was sacked by the party for endorsing the All Progressives Congress candidate, Dikko Radda, at a meeting it described as unauthorised.

Yuguda is a former Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission and spent over three decades at the Central Bank of Nigeria.

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