By Joshua Tosin Ogunsakin 
President Bola Tinubu has officially submitted a request to the Senate for the confirmation of Dr. Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and the current Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Enugu State, as a minister of the Federal Republic.
The nomination was presented in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during Tuesday’s plenary session.
“I am pleased to forward to the Senate the nomination of Dr. Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, for confirmation as Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” the letter stated.
In the communication, the President expressed confidence that the Senate would handle the nomination with its “usual expeditious consideration.”
After the letter was read, Akpabio immediately referred the matter to the Committee of the Whole for further deliberation.