FEC: Senate asks Buhari to submit Ministerial List

The Senate, yesterday, said the delay in the submission of a ministerial list by President Muhammadu Buhari on time, will not disrupt its planned annual vacation billed to kick off by end of this July.
President Buhari took oath of office six weeks ago at a low-key ceremony in Abuja, having won his reelection in the February 23 presidential poll by defeating his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples democratic Party (PDP).
Since he took his oath of office, he has not sent any request to the Senate to approve a list of special advisers as prescribed by the constitution. He is yet to to also send his ministerial list to the upper legislative chamber.
Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Senate spokesman, Adedayo Adeyeye, said the Red Chamber is handicapped in deciding when President Buhari will forward his ministerial list to them.
He said they were also not constitutionally empowered to request for the list from the president. He admitted that they will wait until the president decides to send the list.
He said: “That is the prerogative of the Executive. We are not going to help them to do their job. The Senate cannot generate the list of ministers on its own.
“It is the prerogative of the president to send his ministerial nominee list to the Senate and when he does that we will consider it. That is our constitutional mandate. It is not even within our powers to even advice. We will wait until the matter is transmitted to us.
“The executive are aware of the timetable of the Senate. There is a particular time the Senate will go on recess. That being in mind they should be mindful of when they will carry out this constitutional responsibility.”