Senator Gbemisola Saraki, former Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade, NNPP Presidential candidate, and former Kano Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, among others, have been named in the leaked Ministerial list submitted to the Senate by President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday.
In the past few weeks, speculations were rife that former governors were among the list of prospective ministers, with various groups calling on President Bola Tinubu not to join his predecessors in recycling former governors, most of whom have served two terms of eight years.
From the leaked copy of the list which was obtained by NIGERIAN ANCHOR on Wednesday, those bandied around as possible ministerial nominees, such as former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai; ex-Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike; Wale Edun; the Special Adviser, Monetary Policies, did not make the cut.
The Senate Majority Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, on Tuesday, said the President sought prayers of Nigerians for him to make the right choice.
Bamidele disclosed this while speaking in Abuja at his 60th birthday lecture and book presentation titled: “Leadership through Communication.”
According to speculations, the list, which is expected to be a mixture of technocrats and tested politicians, would have more technocrats who would help drive the President’s Renewed Hope agenda for the next four years.
The Fifth Amendment to the 1999 Constitution mandates the president and governors to submit the names of their ministerial and commissioner-nominees within 60 days of taking the oath of office for confirmation by the Senate or state House of Assembly.
Tinubu, who was sworn in as President on May 29, has to submit his ministerial list to the Senate before July 29 as stipulated by law.
Full List of Ministerial Nominees 2023
1. Prof. C. Abraham – Abia State
2. Sen. Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed – Adamawa State
3. Dr Mrs J. Ekanem – Akwa Ibom State
4. Sen. Andy Uba – Anambra State
5. Alhaji Isa Yuguda – Bauchi State
6. Mr Timi Alaibe – Bayelsa State
7. Rt. Hon. E. Jime – Benue State
8. Sen. Abubakar Kyari – Borno State
9. Sen. Ben Ayade – Cross River State
10. Peter Godsday Orubebe – Delta State
11. Julius Ali Ucha – Ebonyi State
12. Mr Lucky Imasuen – Edo State
13. Prince Dayo Adeyeye – Ekiti State
14. Rt. Hon. I. Ugwanyi – Enugu State
15. Alhaji Umar Abdullahi – Gombe State
16. Nnamdi Anyaechie – Imo State
17. Hon. Farouk Aliyu – Jigawa State
18. Muhammad Sani Abdullahi – Kaduna State
19. Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso – Kano State
20. Sen. Abu Ibrahim – Katsina State
21. Atiku Bagudu – Kebbi State
22. Rt. Hon. James Faleke – Kogi State
23. Gbemisola Saraki – Kwara State
24. Mr Olabode Agusto – Lagos State
25. Sen. Tanko Almakura – Nasarawa State
26. Nasko Usman – Niger State
27. Rt. Hon. Olademiji Bankole – Ogun State
28. Dr O. Bamidele – Ondo State
29. Gboyega Oyetola – Osun State
30. Asiwaju M.O. Adebayo – Oyo State
31. Rt. Hon. Simon Lalong – Plateau State
32. E. N Wike – Rivers State
33. Alhaji Musa Adar – Sokoto State
34. Emmanuel Bwacha – Taraba State
35. Bashir Machina – Yobe State (Damaturu)
36. Sen. Kabir Garba Marafa – Zamfara State.
37. Hon. Zakari Dobi – FCT
