Benue assembly screens, confirms seven more commissioner-nominees
The Benue State House of Assembly screened seven more commissioner nominees for the state on Tuesday.
The screening took place during the plenary in Makurdi, the state capital.
The nominees were Tiza Imojime, Aondowase Kunde, Ameh Odoh, Kwaghgba Amande, Joseph Jir, Yangien Ornguga, and James Dwem.
Messrs Ornguga and Dwem were screened on Wednesday but were not confirmed.
Ruling, the speaker, Alfred Berger, put a question to his colleagues as to whether they should be confirmed or not, and they unanimously agreed that all of them should be confirmed.
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