How Tinubu replaced ministerial nominee with her classmate

<p>Tinubu withdrew the nomination of Shetty on Friday and replaced her with another female nominee from Kano State.</p>, <h2>Many Nigerians were shocked to receive the news that President Bola Tinubu has withdrawn the ministerial nomination of Maryam Shettima, popularly known as Maryam Shetty, on Friday, August 4, 2023.</h2>, <p>At the resumption of the plenary session on Friday, President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, made the surprising announcement that Tinubu had withdrawn the name of Shetty, a Kano State indigene, and replaced her with another nominee from the North-West state in the person of Mariya Mahmoud.</p>, <p>The development became even more dramatic when it was later learnt that the withdrawn nominee had arrived at the National Assembly for her screening moments before the announcement was made.</p>, <p>Tinubu had chosen Shetty among 19 other nominees of the second batch of ministers whose names were sent to the upper legislative chamber on Wednesday.</p>, <p>However, her nomination generated mixed reactions on social media, with many critics dismissing her as a mere TikTok influencer.</p>, <h2>Tinubu picks classmate as Shetty's replacement</h2>, <p>While Shetty's ministerial dream appears to have hit a snag now, her replacement isn't someone she's unfamiliar with.</p>, <p>Records show that Mahmoud and Shetty have crossed academic paths on more than one occasion in the past.</p>, <p>The duo were classmates from JSS 1 to JSS 3 at Kano Foundation Secondary School, and later at the Bayero University, Kano (BUK).</p>, <p>Shetty read Physiotherapy while Mahmoud read Medicine and Surgery, and by this virtue, they both shared the faculty of Medical Sciences and took some courses together.</p>, <h2>Mahmoud and her connection to Ganduje's family</h2>, <p>Mahmoud, for her part, isn't a newcomer in government. She served as a commissioner under former Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, and she is believed to be very close to the then Kano first family.</p>, <p>She's also a friend of Amina Ganduje, one