ABUBAKAR Bukola Saraki, Senate president, on Wednesday, March 7, revealed that since the eighth Senate was inaugurated in June 2015, it had confirmed 227 out of 240 nominees that it has received from the Executive.

Speaking after the confirmation of Hon. Ibrahim Rufai Imam, as the new Grand Khadi of the Sharia Court of Appeal, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, president of the Senate, said: “Let me on behalf of the entire Senate congratulate the new Grand Khadi, Sharia Court of Appeal, Hon. Ibrahim Rufai Imam and wish him a successful tenure. I hope that he continues to play his role in the judiciary.

“So far, we have treated about 240 confirmations here in the Senate, of which 227 have been affirmative and only 13 have been negative.

“Sometimes, we get the impression that this Senate tends to say more ‘No’ than ‘Yes.’ But these numbers today show the level of cooperation that we will continue to give the executive.”

– Mar. 7, 2018 @ 17:35 GMT |