The Nigeria’s Senate has unveiled 28 names of Ministerial nominees sent in by President Bola Tinubu for their consideration and approval.
Ekperikpe Ekpo, the one-time member who represented Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika Federal Constituency from Akwa Ibom State is among the ministerial nominees.
President Bola Tinubu has nominated former governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi and his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike as his ministers.
The Senate President, Goodwill Akpabio unveiled the long awaited list of 28 ministerial nominees during plenary on Thursday.
Femi Gbajabiamila, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, delivered the list to the Senate during plenary on Thursday.
See list
- Abubakar Momoh
2. Amb, Yusuf Tukar
3. Ahmad Dangiwa
4. Hannatu Musawa
5. Uche Nnaji
6. Beta Edu
7. Doris Uzoka
8. Dave Umahi
9. Nyesome Wike
10. Muhammadu Badaru
11. Nasir El-Rufai
12. Ekperikpe Ekpo
13. Nkiru Onyechiocha
14. Bumi Tunji Ojo
15. Stella Okotete
16. Uju Kennedy
17. Belo Muhammadu Gunyo
18. Dele Alake
19. Lateef Fagbemi
20. Muhammad Idris
21. Olawale Edu
22. Waheed Adebayoe Adelabu
23. Emman Suleman Ibrahim
24. Prof Ali Pate
25. Prof Joseph Utse
26. Abubakar Kyari
27. John Enoh
28. Sani Abubakar Danladi
Recall that Tinubu was inaugurated as Nigeria’s 16th President on May 29, after his predecessor, former President Muhammadu Buhari completed his eight years’ rule.
Section 42 of the constitution states that “(a) the nomination of any person to the office of a Minister for confirmation by the Senate shall be done within sixty days after the date the President has taken the oath of office;
(b) not less than ten per cent of persons appointed as Ministers shall be women:
Provided that the President may appoint a Minister at any other time during his tenure and such appointment shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.”
The President was expected to form his cabinet, as the Fifth Amendment to the 1999 Constitution mandates the President to transmit the names of his ministerial-nominees to the National Assembly within 60 days upon assumption of office.
Tinubu’s 60-day constitutional deadline to submit his ministerial list to the National Assembly ends on July 28, 2023 and there have been rumours on the subject.
Buhari unveiled his cabinet six months after his inauguration in 2015, but there were higher expectations from Nigerians that Tinubu would do things differently.
Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, Ministerial nominee
