Senator Godswill Akpabio, President of the Senate, has received the long-awaited Ministerial list from President Bola Tinubu, and unexpectedly, anticipated names like Nyesom Wike, Dave Umahi, and Nasir El-Rufai made the list.
The list, which contains 28 names, was sent to President Tinubu by Femi Gbajiabiamila, a former House of Representatives speaker and chief of staff.
The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, was the recipient of the letter.
Abubakar Momoh
Ambassador Yusuf Maitama
Arch Ahmed Musa Dangiwa
Barr. Hannatu Musawa
Chief Uche Nnaji
Dr. Betta Edu
Dr. Doris Aniche Uzoka
David Umahi
Ezenwo Nyesom Wike
Mohammed Badaru Abubabakar
Nasir El Rufai
Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo
Nkiru Onyejeocha
Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo
Hon. Stella Okotete
Hon. Uju Ohaneye
Mr. Bello Muhammad
Mr. Dele Alake
Mr. Lateef Fagbemi SAN
Mr. Muhammad Idris
Mr. Olawale Edun
Mr. Waheed Adebayo Adelabu
Mrs. Suleiman Ibrahim
Prof. Ali Pate
Prof. Joseph U.
Sen. Abubakar Kyari
Sen John Owan-Enoh
Sen. Sani Abubakar Danladi
Before resigning, former All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Abdullahi Adamu said that President Bola Tinubu had failed to announce his new ministers because he was conducting extensive consultations.
He said, “The president has just started. And he is doing his extensive consultation before coming up with his nominees for ministers.
“The nomination of the ministers will come first. They will go through their screening until they are pronounced after they have been submitted by Mr. President.
“And Mr. President will formally appoint his ministers and swear them in.
“Only after doing that will he disclose each of them to the country to know which minister is going to which ministry, and how many ministries we are going to have.”
A lot of Nigerians have raised fear and alarm about the President’s cabinet’s delayed creation, particularly because Tinubu told Nigerians following his victory that he would hit the ground running.
He had also pledged genuine government with qualified personnel in different roles across the execution spectrum.
The list arrives two days before the President’s deadline, as provided by the constitution as revised by the Ninth Assembly.
Tinubu, according to the 1999 constitution as modified by the Ninth Senate, has only two days remaining of the 60-day timeframe for the President to disclose his cabinet members.
According to Section 42 of the Constitution, “(a) the nomination of any individual to the office of a Minister should be made within sixty days after the date the President has taken the oath of office for confirmation by the Senate;
(b) women must make up at least 10% of those selected as ministers:
With the condition that the President may name a minister at any other point in his term, and that choice is subject to Senate approval.
