The Rules of the chamber were suspended to allow for the Chief of Staff to enter the hallowed Red Chamber.
Mr Gbajabiamila had last Thursday presented the list of 28-man ministerial nominees to the Senate President, GodsWill Akpabio.
Prominent Nigerians who made the list are the immediate past Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, and his colleague from Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai, and former Ebonyi Governor, David Umahi.
The Senate is currently screening the first batch of ministerial nominees, a process that started on Monday