Buhari To Inaugurate Cabinet Tomorrow

Following the screening of his ministerial nominees by the Nigerian Senate, President Muhammadu Buhari is set to inaugurate his cabinet tomorrow, Wednesday.

Presidency sources who spoke to THE WHISTLER said the nominees will be allocated their portfolios tomorrow at the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting.

Recall that the president last Tuesday, submitted a list of 43 appointees to the upper chamber for screening and confirmation.

The Red Chambers kicked off the screening last Wednesday and is expected to round off the exercise today.

Many had criticised the senate screening as not thorough enough, largely because the nominees were not assigned portfolios before their names were sent to the senate for confirmation.

Below is a list of ministers screened by the senate:

Uchechukwu Ogah (Abia)

Muhammad Musa Bello (Adamawa)

Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom)

Chris Ngige (Anambra)

Sharon Ikeazor (Anambra)

Adamu Adamu (Bauchi)

Mariam Katagum (Bauchi)

Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa)

George Akume (Benue)

Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Borno)

Goddy Jedi Agba (Cross River)

Festus Keyamo   Delta)

Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi)

Osagie Ehanire    (Edo)

Clement Anade Agba   (Edo)

Otunba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo (Ekiti)

Geoffrey Onyeama (Enugu)

Ali Isa Ibrahim Pantami (Gombe)

Emeka Nwajiuba (Imo)

Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa)

Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed (Kaduna)

Mohammed Mahmoud (Kaduna)

Sabo Nanono (Kano)

Maj Gen. Bashir Magashi (Kano)

Hadi Sirika (Katsina)

Abubakar Malami (Kebbi)

Ramatu Tijani (Kogi)

Lai Mohammed   Kwara)

Gbemisola Saraki (Kwara)

Babatunde Raji Fashola (Lagos)

Adeleke Mamora (Lagos)

Mohammed H. Abdullahi (Nasarawa)

Zubairu Dada (Niger)

Olamilekan Adegbiti (Ogun)

Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo)

Rauf Aregbesola (Osun)

Sunday Dare (Oyo)

Pauline Tallen (Plateau

Rotimi Amaechi  Rivers)

Mohammed Maigari Dangadi (Sokoto)

Saleh Mamman   (Taraba)

Abubakar B. Aliyu (Yobe)

Sadiya Umar Faruk (Zamfara)

Buhari’s ministerial list of 43 appointees is larger than his previous term which had 36 ministers.

Recall that his list supersedes that of his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan who had 42 ministers.

According to the constitution, the president must include a member from each of the country’s 36 states.