Ministerial List: More Details About Buhari's Nomination

At the plenary today, Ahmad Lawan, President of the

Senate, read out the names of 43 nominees sent by

President Buhari to the lawmakers. The list contains

14 former ministers, 29 new names and 7 females

Exactly 54 days after being sworn-in as President,
Muhammadu Buhari sent the list of ministerial nominees to
the Senate for confirmation.
This delay is not new as the President did not appoint his
ministers 6 months after he was sworn-in in 2015 of his first
term in office.
The delay in the submission of the ministerial nominees to the
Senate for confirmation made the Senate to announce it
would proceed on its annual recess on Friday.
The annual recess is meant to start on July 26 and resume on
September 26.
In 2015, President Buhari did not appoint his ministers 6
months after he was sworn in.
At the plenary today, Ahmad Lawan, President of the Senate,
read out the names of 43 nominees sent by President Buhari
to the lawmakers.
The list contains 14 former ministers, 29 new names and 7
females
Former Ministers Retained
1. Chris Ngige (Anambra)
2. Hadi Sirika (Katsina)
3. Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers)
4. Babatunde Fashola (Lagos)
5. Musa Bello (Adamawa)
6. Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi)
7. Adamu Adamu (Bauchi)
8. Lai Mohammed (Kwara)
9. Geoffrey Onyeama (Enugu)
10. Osagie Ehanire (Edo)
11. (Female) Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna)
12. Abubakar Malami (Kebbi)
13. Engr. Suleiman H. Adamu (Jigawa)
14. Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Borno)
New Names On Ministerial List
1. Festus Keyamo (Delta) - Director of Strategic
Communications of Buhari’s re-election bid
2. Dr. Ukechukwu Ogah (Abia) - President of Master's Energy
Group
3. Emeka Nwajiuba (Imo) - member representing
Ehimembano/Ihiteuboma/Obowo Federal constituency of Imo
State
4. (Female) Sa’adiya Umar Farouk (Zamfara) - Federal
Commissioner of National Commission for Refugees, Migrants
and Internally Displaced Persons
5. (Female) Sharon Ikeazor (Anambra) - Executive Secretary
of Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD)
6. Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) - The former Governor of
Akwa Ibom
7. Maj. Gen. (RTD) Bashir Salihi Magashi (Kano) – former
Governor of Sokoto State in Nigeria from August 1990 to
January 1992
8. Otunba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo (Ekiti) - first Executive
Governor of Ekiti State from May 29, 1999 to May 29, 2003
9. Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa) – former Governor of Bayelsa
10. Isa Pantami (Gombe) - Director General and CEO of the
National Information Technology Development Agency in
Nigeria
11. (Female) Gbemi Saraki (Kwara) – former Senator
12. (Female) Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu (Yobe) - the immediate
past APC National woman Leader
13. Clement Agba (Edo) – former Edo State Commissioner for
Environment and Public Utility
14. George Akume (Benue) – former Governor of Benue State
15. Sunday Dare (Oyo) - a former senior editor with The
News Group
16. Tayo Alasodura (Ondo) – former Senator representing
Ondo Central
17. Adeleke Mamora (Lagos) – former Senator representing
Lagos East constituency
18. Mohammed Abdullahi (Nasarawa) - immediate past
Secretary to the State Government, Nasarawa State
Government
19. (Female) Maryam Katagum (Bauchi) - Nigeria’s
Permanent Delegate to UNESCO
20. Sabo Nanono (Kano)
21. Zubairu Dada (Niger)
22. (Female) Pauline Tallen (Plateau) – former Minister of
State for science and technology to the cabinet of former
president, Olusegun Obasanjo
23. Abubakar Aliyu (Yobe)- former deputy governor of Yobe
24. Eng. Saleh Mamman (Taraba) -
25. Muhammad Mahmoud (Kaduna) -
26. Rauf Aregbesola (Osun) – former Governor of Osun State
27. Goddy Jedy – Agba (Cross River) - former Group General
Manager (GGM) Crude Oil Marketing Division (OMD) NNPC
28. Olamilekan Adegbite (Ogun) – former Ogun State
Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure
29. Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi (Sokoto) - Chairman,
National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE)
Governing body