On the list are Abubakar Momoh, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tukur, Arch. Ahmed Dangiwa, Barr Hannatu Musawa, Chief Uche Nnaji, Dr Betta Edu, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, David Umahi, Nyesom Wike, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, Nasiru Ahmed El-rufai, Ekperikpe Ekpo. Others are Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Hon. Stella Okotete, Uju Kennedy Ohanenye, Mr Bello Muhammad Goronyo, Mr Dele Alake, Mr Lateef Fagbemi. Also on the list are Muhammad Idris, Mr Olawale EdunWaheed Adebayo Adelabu, Mrs Iman Sulaiman Ibrahim, Prof Ali Pate, Prof Joseph Ushie, Senator Abubakar Kyari and Senator John Owan Enoh.
President Bola Tinubu has sent the names of the nominees to the Senate for confirmation. The list is made up of 21 men and seven women. In a letter delivered by his Chief of Staff, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, to the Senate during plenary on Thursday, July 27, 2023, the President sought confirmation of 28 ministerial nominees into his cabinet.
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, read the letter on the floor of the red chamber. As widely speculated in the public space and political circle before now, former Governor of Rivers State,Nyesom Wike, made the list alongside other immediate past governors of Kaduna, Jigawa and Ebonyi States, Nasir El-Rufai, MohammedBadaru Abubakar, and Senator David Umahi, respectively. The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Women leader, Dr Betta Edu, leads the contingent of seven women on the list. Tinubu also upgraded two of his Special Advisers,Dele Alake and Bar Hannatu Musawa, to ministerial status, while his longtime ally, Wale Edun, and legal luminary, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), also got on the list.
