President Muhammadu Buhari's
ministerial list contains a number of familiar All Progressives Congress (APC)
names such as Babatunde Fashola, former Governor of Lagos state, and Rotimi
Amechi, former governor of Rivers state, TheCable can report.
Also nominated to be
minister is Lai Mohammed, national publicity secretary of the ruling party, and
Kayode Fayemi, who lost his governorship re-election bid in 2014 to Ayodele
Fayose of People Democratic Party (PDP)
From the soth-east are the
likes of Chris Ngige, former governor of Anambra state and former senator of
the federal republic; and Ogbonnaya Onu, first executive governor of Abia state
and former national chairman of the All Nigeria People Party (ANPP), on whose
ticket Buhari contested and lost the 2003 and 2007 presidential elections.
Udoma Udo Udoma, a former senator who represented Akwa Ibom
south senatorial constituency at the national assembly, made it as well.
Buhari also nominated for ministerial appointment, Aisha
Alhassan, who was on the brink Of becoming the first elected female governor
before eventually losing the Taraba state governorship election to Darius
Ishiaku of the People Democratic Party (PDP).
From his days at the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC),
Buhari picked Malami Abubakar, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and former
legal adviser of the defunct part; Hadi Sirika, a former pilot and former CPC
who represented Katsina north senatorial district; as well as Adebayo Shittu,
former governorship candidate of the party in Oyo state.
Ibe Kachikwu, group managing director of the Nigerian
National Petroleum (NNPC), is a suprised appearance on the list. But with
Buhari already declaring himself minister of petroleum resources, it is likely
that Kachikwu will combine his current portfolio with that of minister of state
for petroleum resources.
Amina Mohammed, former special adviser to the Nigerian
president on milenium development goals (MDGs) and current special adviser to
United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon on post-2015 development planning,
is also a nominee.
Kemi Adeosun, former commissioner for finance in Ogun state
was nominated as well.
More to follow....
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