The Senate on Tuesday postponed its annual recess for one week, in order to screen the ministerial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The annual recess was earlier billed to start on Thursday with resumption scheduled for September.
Dayo Adeyeye, Chairman, Senate Adhoc Committee on Media and Public Affairs, stated this in an interview with journalists after plenary on Tuesday.
The lawmaker added that the upper legislative chamber would start the screening on Wednesday.
He said since the exercise would be thorough, the Senate would suspend its rules to sit beyond 2pm and conduct plenary on Mondays and Fridays until all the nominees have been successfully screened.
Buhari had earlier forwarded a list of 43 ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation.
OWEDE AGBAJILEKE, Abuja
