Here are the full names and state of origin of the first and second ministerial nominees which President Muhammadu Buhari sent to the Senate for screening and possible clearance:
- Chris Ngige – (Anambra)
- Kayode Fayemi- (Ekiti)
3. Rotimi Amaechi – (Rivers)
4. Babatunde Fashola -(Lagos)
5. Abdulrahman Dambazau- (Kano) - Aisha Alhassan – (Taraba)
7. Ogbonaya Onu- (Ebonyi)
8. Kemi Adeosun – (Ogun) - Abubakar Malami – (Kebbi)
10. Sen Hadi Sirika – (Katsina)
11. Barr. Adebayo Shittu – (Oyo)
12. Suleiman Adam – (Jigawa) - Solomon Dalong – (Plateau)
14. Ibe Kachikwu – (Delta)
15. Osagie Ehanire – (Edo)
16. Audu Ogbeh – (Benue) - Udo Udo Udoma – (Akwa Ibom)
- Lai Mohammed – (Kwara)
19. Ahmed Isa Ibeto – (unknown)
20. Amina Mohammed – (Gombe) - Ibrahim Usman Jibril – (Nasarawa)
- Hajia Khadija Bukar Ibrahim- (Yobe)
- Cladius Omoleye Daramola (Ondo)
- Prof Anthony Onwuka (Imo)
- Geoffrey Onyema (Enugu)
- Dan Ali (Zamfara)
- Barr James Ocholi (Kogi)
- Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna)
- Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia)
- Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa)
- Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Bornu)
- Aisha Abubakar (unknown)
- Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa)
- Adamu Adamu (Bauchi)
- Isaac Adewole (Osun)
- Abubakar Bawa Bwari (unknown)
- Pastor Usani Uguru (Cross River)
Meanwhile, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina has said that the names of ministerial nominees which the President has sent to the Senate for screening have no states of origin attached to them.
“As soon as the President does that, it will be made public.” [myad]