{"id":88127,"date":"2023-08-01T02:06:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T02:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/01\/ministerial-appointment-uproar-in-senate-as-benue-ministerial-nominee-says-he-started-primary-school-at-age-4\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T02:06:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T02:06:09","slug":"ministerial-appointment-uproar-in-senate-as-benue-ministerial-nominee-says-he-started-primary-school-at-age-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/01\/ministerial-appointment-uproar-in-senate-as-benue-ministerial-nominee-says-he-started-primary-school-at-age-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministerial Appointment: Uproar In Senate As Benue Ministerial Nominee Says He Started Primary School At Age 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>There was a murmuring on Monday during the special plenary session of the Senate over the selection of ministerial candidates for President Bola Tinubu at the Eng. Teacher. Joseph Terlomon Utsev, a candidate from Benue State, said he started primary school at the age of four.<\/p>\n<p>According to Leadership news, Before that, when introducing himself, he was born in 1980 and started primary school in 1984. Later, the Senator for East Lagos, Tokunbo Aberu, asked the candidate to clarify his date of birth and when he actually started his education.<\/p>\n<p>Utsev insists he was born in 1980 and started primary school in 1984, a development that caused whispers and then an uproar in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>In an apparent attempt to salvage the situation, the President of the Senate asked Senator Patrick Aba Moro of Benue State to comment on the developments, but his intervention caused more uproar at the founder. The law states that the discrepancy in the candidate\u2019s CV is just a typo.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Justusben (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/><span class=\"see-more\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nPatrick Aba Moro<br \/>Senate<br \/>Utsev<br \/><\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a murmuring on Monday during the special plenary session of the Senate over the selection of ministerial candidates for President Bola Tinubu at the Eng. Teacher. Joseph Terlomon Utsev, a candidate from Benue State, said he started primary school at the age of four. 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