President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to confirm Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN as a minister from Enugu State.

Udeh, the incumbent Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Enugu State, if confirmed by the Red Chamber would replace Mr Uche Nnaji, who recently resigned as the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology following alleged certificate forgery.

Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio and read during plenary on Tuesday.

He hinged the appointment on Section 147(2) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and sought for expeditious consideration by the Senate.

The letter reads: “In compliance with the provisions of section 147 of section 2 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended, I am pleased to forward to the Senate the nomination of Dr. Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh for confirmation as minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“While I hope that this request will receive the usual expeditious consideration of the Senate, please accept, Distinguished Senate President and Distinguished Senators, the assurances of my highest regards.”

The Senate, accordingly, referred the request to its Committee of the Whole for immediate consideration.

It would be recalled that the position of Enugu State became vacant in the federal cabinet after the resignation of Nnaji on October 7, following a barrage of allegations of certificate forgery against him.