August 09, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, met with former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and his counterpart in Kaduna, Nasir el-Rufai, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Both Wike and el-Rufai are ministerial nominees of President Tinubu.
THEWILL reports that the nomination of the former Kaduna governor was, however, stepped down by the Nigerian Senate on Monday.
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Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said el-Rufai, along with two other Ministerial nominees, were awaiting security clearance.
The former governors arrived the State House separately. While Wike came at about 1:40 p.m., el-Rufai entered the presidential wing of Aso Rock at 2p.m.
Details of the meeting are still sketchy at the time of report.
