Bola Tinubu: List of Ministerial Nominees by Geopolitical Zone
- President Bola Tinubu has been described as a politician who hunts for talents and rewards loyalty
- This attribute became obvious in the distribution of ministers according to each geopolitical zone in the country
- The northwest, where the president got the highest votes during the 2023 general election, has the highest number of ministers, while the southeast got the least
FCT, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu has forwarded the names of his second batch of ministers to the Senate for screening and confirmation.
In the second ministerial list, President Tinubu nominated 19 ministers. When added to the first batch, the number of nominees becomes 47.
Source: Twitter
The calibre of people on Tinubu's ministerial list
On the list are former governors, technocrats, lawmakers and prominent politicians.
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However, a careful analysis showed that the president nominated ministers from some geopolitical zones based on their political and voting strength
In the February 25 presidential election, the northwest gave the highest number of votes to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Bola Tinubu, who later won the election.
An analysis by The Cable explained that President Tinubu got 30% of his votes from the northwest while the southeast gave him the lowest votes.
Tinubu rewards loyalty in ministerial list
Commenting on the list, MS Ingawa, a public commentator, said Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) is known for identifying talents and rewarding loyalty.
His words:
"BAT is known for identifying talents and also rewarding loyalty. But I believe the list will differ from what we used to have."
Below is the breakdown of how each region voted for President Tinubu in the 2023 election and how many ministers they got in return.
| Geopolitical zone | Number of votes | Percentage of votes | Number of ministers |
| North West | 2,652,235 | 30% | 10 |
| South West | 2,542,979 | 25.9% | 9 |
| North Central | 1,760.993 | 20% | 8 |
| North East | 933,176 | 13.5% | 8 |
| South South | 799,957 | 9.1% | 7 |
| South East | 127,605 | 1.5% | 5 |
See a list of 19 new ministerial nominees here:
Matawalle, Oyetola, 17 others in second batch ministerial nominees
Legit.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu has forwarded the names of 19 new ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation.
The president sent the names of 28 nominees on Thursday, and the second batch of 19 makes a total of 47.
Earlier in the day, Femi Gbajabiamila, the chief of staff to the president, submitted the list of the second batch of ministerial nominees to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who read it at the plenary.
Source: Legit.ng
