President Bola Tinubu has forwarded the nomination of Muttaqha Rabe Darma, PhD, to the Senate for confirmation as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. A letter from Mr Tinubu, addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, was read during plenary on Wednesday. The president stated the nomination was in line with section 147, subsection 2 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended. "I am pleased to forward to the Senate for confirmation the nomination of Muttaqha Rabe Darma, PhD, as the Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria," the letter stated. Mr Tinubu requested expeditious consideration of the nomination and extended his highest regards. Senate President Akpabio referred the request to the Committee of the Whole for action as soon as practicable. In a separate letter, Mr Tinubu also forwarded the nomination of Lamido Yuguda for confirmation as deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Senate President assigned this request to the Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions. The committee has been directed to return its report to the plenary within one week.
President Tinubu nominated Muttaqha Rabe Darma for a ministerial role and Lamido Yuguda for deputy governor of the CBN, yet neither nomination included public details on their qualifications or prior public service. The Senate's one-week deadline for the CBN nominee's committee report contrasts with the vague "as soon as practicable" timeline for the ministerial nominee, raising questions about priority. Nigerians named in neither nomination—Darma nor Yuguda—have no declared track record for public assessment. This leaves the public to confirm names without context on expertise or experience.
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