Tinubu's Ministerial Nominees: Wike, Edun, Oyetola, El-Rufai, Adelabu, Edu, Others Reportedly Make List

Tinubu's Ministerial Nominees: Wike, Edun, Oyetola, El-Rufai, Adelabu, Edu, Others Reportedly Make List

FCT, Abuja - A fresh report has indicated that the immediate past governors of Kaduna and Rivers states, Nasir El-Rufai and Nyesom Wike, have made it to the ministerial list of President Bola Tinubu.

The report by Vanguard further stated that the president will today. Thursday, July 27, send the list of ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation, barring any last-minute change.

Tinubu's Ministerial List/Wike/El-Rufai
Former governors Wike, Oyetola, and El-Rufai, Adelabu, have reportedly made President Tinubu's ministerial list. Photo credit: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Source: Twitter

The Nation also reported that a Senate source said President Tinubu forwarded the list to Senate President Godswill Akpabio Thursday morning, in line with the constitutional provision that the list should get to the National Assembly within 60 days after the presidential inauguration.

Others in Tinubu's ministerial list, according to the report, are:

  • Dele Alake, current Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, to the president
  • Adegboyega Oyetola, former governor of Osun state
  • Wale Edun
  • Adebayo Adelabu, former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
  • Beta Edu, former Commissioner for Health in Cross River State and National Woman Leader of APC
  • Senator Tokunbo Abiru, lawmaker representing Lagos East senatorial district
  • Lateef Fagbemi, SAN
  • Ali Pate, Harvard professor of medicine and former Minister of State (Health)

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