In a last minute surprise after many Nigerians have given up that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise to send his ministerial list to the senate before the end of September came to fruition as the Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki did confirmed the receipt of the ministerial list yesterday evening.
The list was presented to him after plenary at about 5pm by the President’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari and Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on National Assembly Matters Ita Enang. On his twitter handle at about 5:20 p.m, Saraki wrote: “I can now confirm that I just received the list of ministerial nominees.”
The list was submitted in a sealed envelope by Kyari and Enang. The Senate President’s spokesman, Yusuph Olaniyonu, said: “Dr. Saraki, following the tradition of the Senate, decided that the envelope will remain sealed till Tuesday October 6, when during the plenary sitting of the Upper legislative chamber, it will be opened and the list read to Senators.”
Speculation is very rife about those on the list. A reliable source informed ARM that the following individuals are on the list:Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. Managing Director Ibe Kachikwu, former Lagos Governor Babatunde Fashola, former Rivers state Governor Chibuike Amaechi, ex-Ekiti Governor Kayode Fayemi and former Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant-General Abdulrahman Dambazau. The list also include; former Minister Mr. Audu Ogbeh, Southeast APC leader Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, former Anambra State Governor Chris Nwabueze Ngige.
Others are Osagie Ehanire, Udoma Udo-Udoma, Ahmed Isa Ibeto, Sulaiman Adamu and Ibrahim Jibril. The women on the list are; former Ogun State Commissioner for Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan and Mrs Amina J. Mohammed, Special Assistant to UN Secretary General on Post-2015 Development Planning
