President Bola Tinubu has requested the senate to confirm Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as a minister of the Federal Republic.
Udeh currently serves as the attorney-general and commissioner of justice in Enugu State.
Tinubu’s request was conveyed in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during Tuesday’s plenary session.
“I am pleased to forward to the senate the nomination of Dr Kingsley Tochukwu Ude, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, for confirmation as minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” the letter reads.
“While I hope that this request will receive the usual expeditious consideration of the senate, please accept, the senate president and distinguished senators, the assurances of my highest regards.”
Following the reading of the letter, Akpabio referred the president’s request to the committee of the whole for immediate deliberation.