President Muhammadu Buhari has taken moves to prepare the 21 ministerial nominees for their screening by the senate next week.
According to The Nation, the Department of State Security Services (DSS) on Friday invited all the candidates named by President for security checks.
The verification includes scrutiny of educational certificates, checks for any past prosecution, among others.
All the nominees were asked to fill Personal Identification Form (PIF) which requires data about their places of birth, schools attended, work experience and past offices held.
“The details provided will lead to further investigation by the DSS to confirm the veracity or otherwise of what they have filled in the PIF,” an official said on the sidelines.
“The security agencies are paying attention to the educational certificates of most of the nominees to avoid a situation where some Nigerians will join issues with these candidates.
“The essence of inviting these nominees is to certify that what they have pleaded is what they have. You will recall that some past leaders of the National Assembly tampered with their age and a few others presented fake certificates. The era of bloated Curriculum Vitae is gone. We do not want any nominee to embarrass the President in the Senate.
“We have had instances in the past where ministers could not even locate their certificates or past records of service.”
“Any nominee with any challenge capable of creating image crisis for the government or unfit to be a minister may be dropped.”
Buhari also directed the nominees to report to the Nigeria police force for profiling, Channels reports.
According to The Nation, the Department of State Security Services (DSS) on Friday invited all the candidates named by President for security checks.
The verification includes scrutiny of educational certificates, checks for any past prosecution, among others.
All the nominees were asked to fill Personal Identification Form (PIF) which requires data about their places of birth, schools attended, work experience and past offices held.
“The details provided will lead to further investigation by the DSS to confirm the veracity or otherwise of what they have filled in the PIF,” an official said on the sidelines.
“The security agencies are paying attention to the educational certificates of most of the nominees to avoid a situation where some Nigerians will join issues with these candidates.
“The essence of inviting these nominees is to certify that what they have pleaded is what they have. You will recall that some past leaders of the National Assembly tampered with their age and a few others presented fake certificates. The era of bloated Curriculum Vitae is gone. We do not want any nominee to embarrass the President in the Senate.
“We have had instances in the past where ministers could not even locate their certificates or past records of service.”
“Any nominee with any challenge capable of creating image crisis for the government or unfit to be a minister may be dropped.”
Buhari also directed the nominees to report to the Nigeria police force for profiling, Channels reports.
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