The Nigeria Senate on Thursday unveiled the much anticipated ministerial nominees list of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
OsunDailyNG reports that the list was submitted to the Senate by Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila.
In what is likely the first batch of nominees, the president send only 28 names.
Nigeria’s constitution mandates the president to have ministers representing the nation’s 36 states.
President Tinubu’s Ministerial List, 28 Nominees Makes First Badge Of The List
See below the ministerial nominees and their state of origin:
ABUBAKAR MOMOH
YUSUF MAITAMA
Umar Dangiwa
Hannatu MUSAWA – KATSINA STATE
UCHE NNAJI – ENUGU STATE
BETA EDU – CROSS RIVER
DORIS ANIETE UZOAKA – IMO STATE
DAVID UMAHI – EBONYI STATE
NYESOM EZENWO WIKE – RIVERS STATE
MOHAMMED BADARU ABUBAKAR
NASIL EL RUFAI – KADUNA STATE
EKPERIKPE EKPO
NKIRU ONYEJEOCHA – ABIA STATE
OLUBUNMI TUNJI OJO – ONDO STATE
STELLA OKOTETE – DELTA STATE
UJU KENNEDY OHANEYE – ANAMBRA STATE
BELLO MOHAMMED GORONYO
DELE ALAKE – EKITI STATE
LATEEF FAGBEMI – KWARA STATE
MOHAMMED IDRIS
OLAWALE EDUN – OGUN STATE
WAHEED ADEBAYO ADELABU
IMAAN SULEIMAN IBRAHIM
PROF ALI PATE – BAUCHI STATE
JOSEPH OTSEN
SEN. ABUBAKAR KYARI
SEN JOHN ENO – CROSS RIVER
SEN SANI ABUBAKAR – NIGER STATE
