Amina Mohammed Cleared As Gombe Nominee

The Senate, on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, confirmed that a ministerial nominee, Amina Mohammed, would be screened as a nominee from Gombe State, not Kaduna.

There had been controversies over the true state of origin of Amina and there were moves to disqualify her.

Petitions were received from some indigenes of Kaduna State, who kicked against her nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari and urged the Senate not to confirm her as a minister.

But when the matter was brought before the Senate on Tuesday, the lawmakers said she would be treated as a nominee from Gombe State.

Amina is said to be from Gombe State, but is married to an indigene of Kaduna State.