Speaking to Daily Independent on Wednesday, October 21, he said the second list was made up instrumental people.
According to him, he was a bit disappointed that the list took so long and he was more disappointed when he saw the first list.
Agbakoba said:
“The first is made up of political people that he needs to pay off. These are people who helped the president to get to where he is. On the whole, it is a rounded balanced scale even though I feel there are few women given the 35 percent quota that has been reserved for women. So that is a minus but in terms of technical qualifications, that is a major plus.
“In terms of political experience of people like Audu Ogbeh, it is a major plus. So on the whole, let us see what they can do because at the end of the day, it is not who you appoint or how they talk, let us hope they can walk the talk.”Speaking on the ongoing screening, the lawyer said the overall performance of those screened so far has been above average.
He noted that he was impressed with Kayode Fayemi, Kemi Adeosun, Babatunde Fashola, Chris Ngige and Abubakar Malami.
Agbakoba added that all would be fine if the ministers are able to do do what they said during the screening.
The Senate ministerial screening which began last week Tuesday, is still ongoing. So far, 18 ministerial nominees have been confirmed as ministers.
As the screening continued this week on Tuesday, October 20, only two ministerial nominees were questioned by the Senate.
The Senate has confirmed that former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi, will be screened among other ministerial nominees, as its plenary session resumes today.
