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Akpabio Unveils Ministerial Nominees As El-Rufai, Oyetola, Wike Make List

       Pix caption: El-Rufai, Wike and Fagbemi

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has  unveiled the 28-man ministerial list during plenary today. 

News Rider reports that President Bola Tinubu forwarded the ministerial list to the Senate in the early hours of Thursday.

The development comes barely two days before the deadline for the President to transmit such list  as stipulated by the constitution. 

According to the 1999 constitution as amended by the ninth Senate, Tinubu is expected to unveil  his cabinet members within 60 days of swearing-in. 

Section 42 of the constitution states that “(a) the nomination of any person to the office of a Minister for confirmation by the Senate shall be done within sixty days after the date the President has taken the oath of office;

"(b) not less than ten per cent of persons appointed as Ministers shall be women;
"Provided that the President may appoint a Minister at any other time during his tenure and such appointment shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.”

But the media aide to the Senate President, Jackson Udom, had confirmed that the authentic ministerial list of President Tinubu would be unveiled today.

He encouraged Nigerians to stop speculating and wait for the unveiling of the nominees.
On the social media list, he added, “I saw the purported list too just like every other person did, let’s wait till today”.

However, findings from News Rider revealed that the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai and his counterpart from Rivers, Nyesom Wike made the list.
Popular economist, Olawale Edun, a former Deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Adebayo Adelabu, the women leader of the All Progressives Congress, Betta Edu were also in the list.  

Also on the list is the former Minister of Health under Goodluck Jonathan who recently rejected an international job, Ali Pate.

Others who made the President’s cabinet are Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), former Cross River governor, Ben Ayade, his colleague from Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, and the President’s Special Adviser on Media, Strategy and Special Duties, Dele Alake.

The list include:
Abubakar Momoh 
Amb. Maitama Tuka 
Ahmed Dangiwa 
Hannatu Musawa 
Chief Uche Nnaji
Beta Edu
Doris Anite Uzoka 
David Umahi
Ex-Governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar 
ExMallam Nasir El-rufai 
Ekperikpe Ekpo 
Hon Nkiru Onyejeocha 
Hon. Olubunmi Tunji Ojo
Ex- Governor Nyesom Wike 
Stalla Oketete 
Muhammad Goronyo
Hon. Uju Kennedy Ohanenye
Dele Alake
Lateef Fagbemi SAN
Muhammad Idris 
Olawale Edu
Waheed Adelabu
Iman Sulaiman Ibrahim 
Prof. Ali Pate 
Prof. Joseph Userve
Senator Abubakar Kyari
Senator John Enoh 
Sani Abubakar Danladi



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