Fashola, Amaechi, Ngige, Onu, Lai, Kachikwu Makes Ministerial List

President Muhammadu Buhari’s
ministerial list contains a number of
familiar All Progressives Congress
(APC) names such as Babatunde
Fashola, former governor of Lagos
state, and Rotimi Amaechi, former
governor of Rivers state, The Cable can
report.

Also nominated to be minister is Lai
Mohammed, national publicity
secretary of the ruling party, and
Kayode Fayemi, who lost his Ekiti
governorship re-election bid in 2014
to Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP).
From the south-east are the likes of
Chris Ngige, former governor of
Anambra state and former senator
of the federal republic; and
Ogbonnaya Onu, first executive
governor of Abia state and former
national chairman of the All Nigeria
Peoples Party (ANPP), on whose
ticket Buhari contested and lost the
2003 and 2007 presidential elections.

Udoma Udo Udoma, a former
senator who represented Akwa Ibom
south senatorial constituency at the
national assembly, made it as well.
Buhari also nominated for
ministerial appointment, Aisha
Alhassan, who was on the brink of
becoming the first elected female
governor before eventually losing
the Taraba state governorship
election to Darius Ishiaku of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
From his days at the Congress for
Progressive Change (CPC), Buhari
picked Malami Abubakar, a senior
advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and
former legal adviser of the defunct
party; Hadi Sirika, a former pilot
and former CPC senator who
represented Katsina north senatorial
district; as well as Adebayo Shittu,
former governorship candidate of
the legacy party in Oyo state.
Ibe Kachikwu, group managing
director of the Nigerian National
Petroleum (NNPC), is a surprise
appearance on the list. But with
Buhari already declaring himself
minister of petroleum resources, it is
likely that Kachikwu will combine his
current portfolio with that of the
minister of state for petroleum
resources.

Amina Mohammed, former special
adviser to the Nigerian president on
millennium development goals
(MDGs) and current special adviser
to United Nations secretary-general
Ban Ki-moon on post-2015
development planning, is also a
nominee.

Kemi Adeosun, former commissioner
for finance in Ogun state, was
nominated as well.