By Dipo Olowookere
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, forwarded names of 43 Nigerians to the Senate for screening and confirmation as Ministers.
One of the new media aides to the President, Mr Bashir Ahmad, said “President Buhari has forwarded the list of ministerial nominees to Senate for confirmation.”
Making the ministerial list are former members of the President’s cabinet like Babatunde Fashola, Rotimi Amaechi, Ogbonnaya Onu, Adamu Adamu, Chris Ngige, Mrs Zainab Ahmad, Hadi Sirika, Lai Mohammed, Abubakar Malami and Geoffrey Onyema.
Also on the list are Rauf Aregbesola (Osun), George Akume (Benue), Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa), Adeniyi Adebayo (Ekiti), Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Sunday Dare (Oyo), Festus Keyamo (Delta), Sharon Ikeazor (Anambra), Senator Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo), Senator Olorunnibe Mamora (Lagos) and Sadiya Farouk (Zamfara).
See the full list below:
Ikechukwu Oga (Abia)
Mohammed Musa Bello (Adamawa)
Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom)
Chris Ngige (Anambra)
Sharon Ikeazor (Anambra)
Adamu Adamu (Bauchi)
Maryam Katagum (Bauchi)
Timi Sylva (Bayelsa)
George Akume (Benue)
Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Borno)
Goddy Agba (Cross Rivers)
Festus Keyamo (Delta)
Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi)
Osagie Enakhire (Edo)
Clement Agba (Edo)
Adeniyi Adebayo (Ekiti)
Geofrey Onyeama (Enugu)
Ali Issa Fantami (Gombe)
Emeka Nwajiuba (Imo)
Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa)
Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna)
Mohammed Mahmoud (Kaduna)
Sabo Nanunu (Kano)
Bashir Salihi Magashi (Kano)
Hadi Sirika (Katsina)
Abubakar Malami (Kebbi)
Ahmadu Tijani (Kogi)
Lai Mohammed (Kwara)
Gbemisola Saraki (Kwara)
Raji Fashola (Lagos)
Nimbe Momora (Lagos)
Muhammed Abdullahi (Nasarawa)
Zubeira Dada (Niger)
Olamilekan Adegbite (Ogun)
Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo)
Rauf Aregbesola (Osun)
Sunday Dare (Oyo)
Pauline Tallen (Plateau)
Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers)
Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi (Sokoto)
Saleh Mohammed (Taraba)
Abubakar Aliyu (Yobe)
Sadiya Umar Farouk (Zamfara)