Nigerians’ wait for ministerial appointment may be at an end as the President has forwarded the list of his ministers to the National Assembly for confirmation.
This was confirmed today by Ahmad Lawan, the Senate President who also alluded to the fact the may have been sent last week.
In the letter read out to the Senate today, Tuesday 23rd of July 2019, former ministers Fashola and Ngige made the list. The fresh names that made the list include Festus Keyamo, Godswill Akpabio and George Akume, former Benue State governor.
The full list include:
1. Dr Uchechukwu Ogah (Abia) 2. Muhammad Musa Bello (Adamawa) 3. Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) 4. Chris Ngige (Anambra) 5. Sharon Ikeazor (Anambra) 6. Adamu Adamu (Bauchi) 7. Mariam Katagum (Bauchi) 8. Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa) 9. George Akume (Benue) 10. Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Borno) 11. Goddy Jedi Agba (Cross River) 12. Festus Keyamo (Delta) 13. Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi) 14. Osagie Ehanire (Edo) 15. Clement Anade Agba (Edo) 16. Otunba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo (Ekiti) 17. Geoffrey Onyeama (Enugu) 18. Ali Isa Ibrahim Pantami (Gombe) 19. Emeka Nwajiuba (Imo) 20. Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa) 21. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed (Kaduna) 22. Mohammed Mahmoud (Kaduna) 23. Sabo Nanono (Kano) 24. Maj Gen. Bashir Magashi (Kano) 25. Hadi Sirika (Katsina) 26. Abubakar Malami (Kebbi) 27. Ramatu Tijani (Kogi) 28. Lai Mohammed (Kwara) 29. Gbemisola Saraki (Kwara) 30. Babatunde Raji Fashola (Lagos) 31. Adeleke Mamora (Lagos) 32. Mohammed H. Abdullahi (Nasarawa) 33. Zubairu Dada (Niger) 34. Olamilekan Adegbiti (Ogun 35. Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo) 36. Rauf Aregbesola (Osun) 37. Sunday Dare (Oyo) 38. Pauline Tallen (Plateau) 39. Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) 40. Mohammed Maigari Dangadi (Sokoto) 41. Saleh Mamman (Taraba) 42. Abubakar B. Aliyu (Yobe) 43. Sadiya Umar Faruk (Zamfara)
The Senate President has informed the house that the ministerial confirmation process will take precedence over other legislative duties.
Source: PremiumTimes