Tinubu Nominates 47 Ministers, Ogun Gets Three Slots (See full list)
By Oyewale Oyelola
…9 ex-governors make the list as eight states get two slots each
… Son of Late Prince Audu Abubakar Picks Kogi slot
President Bola Tinubu has nominated 47 Ministerial-nominees to serve his cabinet to Senate for confirmation.
Inline with the provisions of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution each state in the country must have one representative and the nomination is subject to Senate confirmation.
To this end, Tinubu on Thursday July 27, 2023 forwarded first batch of Ministerial list containing 28 names to Senate led by Senator Godswill Akpabio fir screening and confirmation.
FactualTimes reports that the President through his Chief of Staff delivered the second batch containing 19 names on Wednesday August 2, 2023.
Recall that the Senate commenced screening of Ministerial nominees on Monday.
Analysis of the Ministerial list by FactualTimes revealed that Ogun State has three slots while Lagos, Cross river, Niger, Bauchi, Taraba, Katsina, Kano and Kebbi states have two nominees each.
Tinubu’s Ministerial-nominees include nine former governors and son of late Kogi Governor; Prince Audu Abubakar- Prince Shaibu Abubakar.
1 Akwa Ibom: Ekperikpe Ekpo
2 Bayelsa: Heineken Lolokpobri
3 Cross river: Betta Edu
4 Cross river: John Enoh
5 Delta: Stella Okotete
6 Edo: Abubakar Momoh
7 Rivers: Nyesom Wike
8 Adamawa: Tahir Mamman
9 Bauchi: Yusuf M Tuggar
10 Bauchi: Ali Pate
11 Borno: Abubakar Kyari
12 Gombe: Alkali Ahmed Saidu
13 Taraba: Uba Maigari Ahmadu
14 Taraba: Sani A Danladi
15 Yobe: Ibrahim Geidam
16 Jigawa: Mohamed Badaru
17 Kaduna: Nasir El-Rufai
18 Kano: Maryam Shetti
19 Kano: Abdullahi T Gwarzo
20 Katsina: Ahmad Dangiwa
21 Katsina: Hanatu Musawa
22 Kebbi: Yusuf Tanko Sununu
23 Kebbi: Atiku Bagudu
24 Sokoto: Bello M Goronyo
25 Zamfara: Bello Matawwalle
26 Abia: Nkiru Onyejiocha
27 Anambra: Uju Ohaneye
28 Ebonyi: David Umahi
29 Enugu: Uche Nnaji
30 Imo: Doris Uzoka
31 Ekiti: Dele Alake
32 Lagos: Tunji Alausa
33 Lagos: Lola Ade John
34 Ogun: Ishak Salako
35 Ogun: Bosun Tijjani
36 Ogun: Olawale Edun
37 Ondo: Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo
38 Osun: Adegboyega Oyetola
39 Oyo: Adebayo Adelabu
40 Benue: Joseph Utsev
41 FCT: Zaphaniah Bitrus Jisalo
42 Kogi: Shuaibu A Audu
43 Kwara: Lateef Fagbemi
44 Nasarawa: Imaan S-Ibrahim
45 Niger: Mohammed Idris
46 Niger: Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
47 Plateau: Simon Lalong
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