President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sent his list of ministerial nominees to the Nigerian Senate for screening.
The names were read to the floor by Ahmad Lawan, President of the Senate after a closed door session.
There are 43 nominees in all, with former Osun Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, former Benue Governor George Akume and former Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva and former minority leader Senator Godswill Akpabio, making the list.
The full list below:
- Ikechukwu Oga (Abia)
- Mohammed Musa Bello (Adamawa)
- Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom)
- Chris Ngige (Anambra)
- Sharon Ikpeazu (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)
Okies
So Akinwunmi Ambode didn’t make the list?
Aye ma ni ika o