The Presidency has said that the special privilege accorded some ministerial nominees by the Senate in the ongoing screening is proper and in line with global parliamentary tradition.
Contrary to expectations, the Senate did not grill former federal and state lawmakers during the screening.
Female nominees and individuals that are leaders of the All Progressives Congress have been spared.
The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, has consistently justified the practice, claiming it was also done in advanced democracies.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters Senate, Ita Enang said the red chamber had done nothing wrong by adopting such practice.
Enang said a former Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who was a member of both the House of Representatives and the Senate should not have been questioned.
