Shuaibu Audu, the newly sworn-in minister of steel development, prostrated on Monday, August 21, before President Bola Tinubu shortly after he took his oath of office.
Audu, the son of the late Kogi State Governor Prince Abubakar Audu, went down to lay flat before shaking hands with the president.
The Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Audu prostrates before President Bola Tinubu moments after taking his oath of office. pic.twitter.com/GrABd8ADqZ
— Channels Television (@channelstv) August 21, 2023
Another newly sworn-in minister (Tourism), Lola Ade-John, was also captured kneeling before President Tinubu.
Newly sworn-in Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John kneels before President Bola Tinubu pic.twitter.com/89VbEztu7W
— Channels Television (@channelstv) August 21, 2023
Meanwhile, Nyesom Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers state, received the loudest ovation during the swearing-in of the ministers-designate at the banquet hall of the presidential villa.
The drama started when Presidential media aide Ajuri Ngelale, the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, introduced Wike as “minister-designate from the great Rivers state”.
When Minister of FCT and former Governor of Rivers State, HM Nyesom Wike signed his oath and shook hands with Mr President 😂 #Iyendeba pic.twitter.com/AwrmbGFPC7
— Daddy D.O🇳🇬 (@DOlusegun) August 21, 2023
Applause and raucous laughter erupted in the hall afterwards as Wike tried to suppress a smile.
