Buhari submits two ministerial nominees to Senate for confirmation

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, submitted the names of two ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation as ministers.
The President submitted the two names in a letter he sent to the Senate and read by the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki.
Buhari said: In accordance with Section 147 (2) of the 1999 constitution, I have the honour to forward the under listed ministerial nominees for confirmation of the Senate.
“They are Prof. Stephen Ocheni from Kogi State and Suleiman Hassan from Gombe State.
“Copies of their Curriculum Vitae are attached herewith. It is my hope that this exercise will receive the usual kind and expeditious consideration of the distinguished members of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
Prof. Stephen Ocheni is a Professor of Public Sector Accounting and the Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences Kogi State University, Anyigba.
He had his secondary education at Idah Secondary Commercial College, Idah, Kogi.
The Federal Polytechnic, Idah, Kogi , 1979-1983, Enugu State University of Technology, Enugu 1988-1990
University of Nigeria, Nsukka (M.Sc/Ph.D Programme) 2001-2004
Management Training Programme in Health Financial Control (USA) 1994
He obtained a Certificate on “Strategies for Home ownership” Howard University Washington DC, USA, 2006
among other qualifications.
The Kogi nominee will be replacing the late Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi.
Ocholi died on May 6, 2016 on Abuja –Kaduna road along with his wife and one of their children.
The nominee from Gombe would be replacing former Minister for Environment, Amina Mohammed who had gone to serve in the United Nations as a Deputy Secretary General.