Bola Tinubu submits list of 28 cabinet nominees
In a shorter list than usual, The President unveiled the list of ministerial nominees two days before the deadline.
The list of ministerial nominees, included a former member of the main opposition party.
The names of the 28 nominees were sent to the Senate for approval on Thursday, two days before a deadline.
They include former governors, economists, health experts, lawyers and allies of Tinubu, who was sworn in in late May.
Among them were former Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike, ex-Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi and presidential spokesman Dele Alake.
A longtime member of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Wike did not back the party’s candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, in this year’s election and instead headed a team of five breakaway PDP governors who refrained from endorsing any contenders.
Ali Pate, a physician and professor who resigned as head of the global vaccine alliance GAVI earlier this year, was also included in the list of nominees. He is expected to be confirmed health minister, a post he held under President Goodluck Jonathan’s government a decade ago.
After former President Muhammadu Buhari took more than five months to appoint his cabinet in 2015, the Senate amended the constitution to limit presidents to a period of 60 days to nominate ministerial candidates.
Tinubu’s list of 28 nominees is shorter than usual; past presidents typically appoint at least 36 ministers to allow representation from all 36 states in Nigeria.
The Senate President, Goodwill Akpabio unveiled the long awaited list of 28 ministerial nominees during plenary on Thursday.
Femi Gbajabiamila, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, delivered the list to the Senate during plenary on Thursday.
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- Abubakar Momoh
- Amb, Yusuf Tukar
- Ahmad Dangiwa
- Hannatu Musawa
- Uche Nnaji
- Beta Edu
- Doris Uzoka
- Dave Umahi
- Nyesome Wike
- Muhammadu Badaru
- Nasir El-Rufai
- Ekprikpe Ekpo
- Nkiru Onyechiocha
- Bumi Tunji Ojo
- Stella Okotete
- Uju Kennedy
- Belo Muhammadu Gunyo
- Dele Alake
- Lateef Fagbemi
- Muhammad Idris
- Olawale Edu
- Waheed Adebayoe Adelabu
- Emman Suleman Ibrahim
- Prof Ali Pate
- Prof Joseph Utse
- Abubakar Kyari
- John Enoh
- Sani Abubakar Danladi