Ministerial List: Tinubu Nominates 28 Ministers, Kwankwaso, Lalong, Faleke Not Found

In the Tinubu’s Ministerial list sent to the Senate for screening which has 28 nominees, it was discovered that Former Kano State governor and ally of President Bola Tinubu, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso; director-general of Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Simon Lalong, and secretary of the Council, Hon. James Faleke, were not found.

Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamola, on Thursday afternoon, delivered President Bola Tinubu’s list of ministerial nominees to the Senate in session.

Gbajabiamila was admitted into the Red Chamber at about 1.18pm to deliver the message after Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, had moved for the top presidential aide’s admission into the hallowed chamber.

He delivered the list to the Senate President, God’swill Akpabio after which they exchanged pleasantries with some Senators and left the chamber at about 1.30pm.

However, the Senate had held a closed-door or executive session on Thursday afternoon apparently to sort out some issues ahead of receiving the much-talked-about list of the ministerial nominees.

It was then that the Senate President, God’swill Akpabio, who received the presidential communication from Gbajabiamila, confirmed to fellow Senators that it was Ministerial List and thereafter read out the names.

The Senate President, Akpabio noted that the first batch of 28 names will be screened by the Senate Committee of the Whole while a second batch of names was being expected as indicated by President Tinubu.

Below are the 28 names read out by Akpabio

1. Abubakar Momoh
2. Amb. Yusuf Tuggar – Bauchi
3. Arc. Ahmed Dangiwa
4. Barr. Hannatu Musawa – Katsina State
5. Chief Uche Nnaji –
6. Dr. Binta Ilu
7. Dr. Doris Uzoka
8. Senator David Umahi – Ebonyi State
9. Nyesom Wike – Rivers State
10. Mohammed Badaru Abubakar – Jigawa State
11. Malam Nasir El-Rurai – Kaduna State
12. Hon. Nkiru Onyecheacha – Abia State
13. Hon. Olubunmi Tunji Ojo – Ondo State
14. Hon. Stella Okotete –
15. Hon. Uju Kennedy –
16. Bello Mohammed Goronyo – Sokoto State
17. Dele Alake – Ekiti State
18. Lateef Fagbemi, SAN – Kwara State
19. Muhammad Idris –
20. Waheed Adebayo Adelakun – Oyo State
21. Olawale Edun – Lagos State
22. Iman Suleiman Ibrahim
23. Prof. Ali Pate – Gombe State
24. Prof. Joseph Utsev – Benue State
25. Senator Abubakar Kyari – Borno State
26. Senator John Enoh – Cross River
27. Senator Sani Abubakar Danladi – Taraba State
28. Hon. Ekperipe Ekpo –

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