The 2015 presidential elections have come and gone. The opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) have won the majority votes and have been magnanimous in victory while the incumbent president, President Goodluck Jonathan should be commended for his statesmanship, accepting defeat and even going ahead to congratulate his opponent, General Muhammadu Buhari when it was clear he had lost.



Now, the coast is clear, and it is now time for serious political permutations and politicking. Analysts are looking forward to an APC cabinet filled with qualified men and women who can help Buhari steer this nation to prosperity.

Naij.com pens down 6 chieftains (from the 6 geo-political zones of Nigeria) of the APC who are most likely to make the cut. Read below:
1. Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed (North-West): Dr. Ahmed is the Coordinator of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kaduna State. He is a retired civil servant and he has served Nigeria in various capacities meritoriously. He was one of the senior APC chieftains at the International Conference Centre (ICC), venue of the collation of the 2015 presidential result. His loyalty to Buhari is unshakeable and he is likey to be among the first names penciled down for a ministerial duty under the Buhari government. Prediction: Foreign Affairs.



2. Governor Rotimi Amaechi (South-South): Rivers state governor and the Director-General of the Buhari/Osinbanjo campaign team, Amaechi, is one of the biggest winners in the just concluded presidential election. Amaechi who practically sacrificed his comfort to work tirelessly for Buhari’s victory is a grassroots politician whose support base is very solid. His sterling performance as the governor of Rivers state also puts him in good stead for a ministerial appointment. Prediction: Interior



3. Kayode Fayemi (South-West): Former governor of Ekiti state, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, is a strong contender for a role in Buhari’s cabinet. Fayemi supervised the rancour-free and credible presidential primary election of the APC in Lagos late last year. Armed with a Doctorate in War Studies from the prestigious Kings College, University of London, England. Fayemi’s experience and extensive international contacts will be valuable for Buhari’s government. He has been very visible in the campaign of Buhari and no doubt stands a chance of being part of the new government. Prediction: Trade & Investment.



4. Senator Chris Ngige (South-East): A former governor of Anambra state, Ngige is the face of APC in the South-East. Although he recently lost his aspiration to return to the upper chambers of the national assembly for the second time, Ngige remains a force to reckon with in the scheme of things as far as the South-East is concerned. His achievements in road and infrastructural development as the chief executive of Anambra state is still very fresh in the memories of political observers. Prediction: Works



5. Shehu Garba (North-East): Garba is the spokesperson for the Buhari/Osinbanjo campaign team. A political disciple of the former vice-president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Garba has been very visible and effective in the campaign train of Buhari. A core professional, Garba is a veteran in the Nigerian media industry, having worked for decades in various media houses. The Buhari administration will no doubt need his experience as they chart a new course for the country. Prediction: Information & National Orientation.



6. Prince Abubakar Audu (North-Central): Audu has been twice the Governor of Kogi’s state. His first tenure was from January 1992 until November 1993 and the second from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2003. He is a veteran in Nigerian politics. His administration is credited for building the popular Obajana Cement Factory. The 68-year old has been a strong ally of Buhari right from their days in the defunct All Nigeria’s Peoples Party (ANPP). Audu is expected to be rewarded for his role in ensuring Buhari wins the majority votes in his home-state, thanks to his efforts. Prediction: Labour & Productivity.



- informationng.com

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Permutations. Change should be far away from the idea that Nigeria is a booty shared by winners. So far this is the impression I have been getting that the winners will divide Nigeria among themselves. Where then is the change. A real change should make complete break with the past. Give us new and untainted people to serve us.

@OP that write up was pure class biut FAYEMI Would be Ekiti Stste Governor when Fayose is eventually impeached

Total crap, the portfolios don't fit the individuals.

Senator Momura should be on ur top ten list

Let's not be like the pastors and Imams who predicted jargons before the march 28 general elections. Let's just cross our arms see how is cabinet would be like. I'm optimistic is going to be one of the best cabinet Nigeria has ever produce. Waiting meticulously

abubakar audu is still interested in kogi state governorship

what abou ,w??

The men I am seeing on this list are super action men... men that can give good results. Can't wait for Buhari to be sworn in. Change is real.

Jaypea98:
@OP that write up was pure class biut FAYEMI Would be Ekiti Stste Governor when Fayose is eventually impeached

I think Ekiti needs to heal...Fayemi should move on.
Find someone else to step in, preferrably a female.
The gender break will help with healing and as well in recognition that Ekiti has a vast pool of highly educated women with executive backgrounds in corporate industries.

All eyes on u

Sheu Garba? I thought he contested & won a seat in the March 28 senatorial election. I may be mistaken, though.

What of Patience Jonathan? Heard she might likely be appointed minister of education

ABUBAKAR AUDU? GOD PUNISH YOU!

Like someone said above, we need technocrats to help steer this nation, not bunch of politicians that know little about their portfolios.

I read somewhere how Buhari appointed David West during his military rule, I want him to employ such tactics to put together his cabinet.

We need capable hands to put this nation where it rightly belong.

Ngige, Fayemi, Ameachi are sure banker in GMB tenure

Eggcelent:
Sheu Garba? I thought he contested & won a seat in the March 28 senatorial election. I may be mistaken, though.

That was shehu Sani.

omazus:
Permutations. Change should be far away from the idea that Nigeria is a booty shared by winners. So far this is the impression I have been getting that the winners will divide Nigeria among themselves. Where then is the change. A real change should make complete break with the past. Give us new and untainted people to serve us.

Don't forget these is just a prediction.. Nobody has ascertain this? And u already lamenting!

Jaypea98:
@OP that write up was pure class biut FAYEMI Would be Ekiti Stste Governor when Fayose is eventually impeached

If you impeach a Governor, the deputy replaces him.

The mandate belongs to both candidates

But Fayemi is a thief with pending corruption cases to answer in EFCC.


Alleged N20bn Fraud:group Drags Fayemi, Others To EFCC, ICPC

The former governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has been dragged to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and then Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) over alleged fraudulent practices, running to over N20 billion.



The Save Ekiti Coalition (SEC), which made this allegation, wrote petition dated September 26, 2014 to the EFCC and ICPC and the petition was submitted in Abuja on September 29, 2014.

The petition signed by SEC Secretary, Comrade Oke Ayodele was titled; “Complaint of fraudulent practices against Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and others: call for investigation and prosecution.”


The group said the frauds were perpetrated through N2.6 billion construction of new civic centre, N383.9m earthwork for new governor’s office, diversion of State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and Local Councils funds through contracts worth N4.2bn, inflation of road contracts worth over N10bn and diversion of N1.2bn FADAMA fund.

The petition read in part; “Contract for the construction of a New Civic Centre was awarded to TIANJIN-YUYANG Construction Eng. Limited on August 30, 2012 at the cost of N2, 573,584,395.75, while Consultancy on the construction was awarded to CASA Nig Ltd on June 11, 2012 at the cost of N137, 611,325.07.

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“Curiously, as at the end of 2012, a sum of N643,396,098.94 (representing 25% of total contract sum) had been paid to TIANJIN-YUYANG Construction Eng. Limited while the consultant, CASA Nig. Ltd was paid N89,801,901.06 (representing 80% of total contract sum).

“In 2013, a sum of N350, 116,245.17 was paid to TIANJIN-YUYANG Construction Eng. Limited, making a total sum of N993, 512,344.11 (representing 45% of total contract sum).
“While the Project contractor was paid 25% of the contract sum in 2012, why was the consultant paid 80% of the contract sum? Information available to us indicates that the Consultant was hurriedly paid 80% of the contract sum so as to enable some officials of the government get N50m of the contract sum. “Also, payment to the contractor was changed to N350, 116,245.17 in the 2014 Capital Projects Report, as against the sum of N643, 396,098.94 presented in the 2013 Capital Projects Report.


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“Contract for the construction of earthwork for the N ew Governor’s Office was awarded to PONTI-ITALWARE Nig Ltd on March 3, 2012 at the sum of N383, 900,911.06, with a sum of N115, 170,273.32 paid to the contractor. The New Governor’s Office was proposed to be constructed
from the N25bn Bond obtained by the State Government, with N3, 474,700.000.00 earmarked for the project. “However, with N115, 170,273.32 paid to PONTI-ITALWARE Nig Ltd form earthwork, as at today, the site has been abandoned, with no significant work done.

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“By our own assessment, what was spent on the site cannot be more than N5m. “Also, in the 2014 Capital Projects Report, the N115, 170,273.32 paid for the earthwork was deleted, raising poser as to why the payment was missing from the 2014 updated account.


“In 2012, contracts worth N4, 246,094,751.14 were awarded through the Bureau of Special Projects (under the Governor’s office), headed by Mr. Kelekun. The contracts were for renovation of schools, supply of school furniture and construction of classrooms. Funds for these projects were taken from SUBEB and Local Governments accounts.

“Of these contracts, N3, 672,078,820.14 were for renovation of schools alone. Atlantic Offshore & Properties got N1, 152,562,555.14, Strabic Nig. Ltd got N1, 107,744.408.21, Bam Darley Nig. Ltd. got N924, 977,310.95 while Fatub Nig. Ltd got N486, 794,545.84.

“Immediately the renovation contracts were awarded, Atlantic Offshore & Properties was paid N750 million (70% of contract sum), Strabic Nig. Ltd was paid N600 million (65% of contract sum), Bam Darley Nig. Ltd was paid N600 million (70% of contract sum) while Fatub Nig.
Engineering Ltd was paid N150 million (60% of contract sum). “A total of N2.1bn was paid from SUBEB and LG accounts to these contractors even before the commencement of work, and over 40% of the payment was diverted into private pockets.

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“In the 2014 Capital Projects Report, payments to the contractors were presented as;
a: Atlantic Offshore & Properties – N1, 022,130,415.64
b: Strabic Nig. Ltd – N957, 237,829.62
c: Bam Darley Nig. Ltd – N742, 730,990.25
d: Fatub Engineering Nig. Ltd – N431, 327,270.41

“As at the time N1, 022,130,415.64 was paid to Atlantic Offshore & Properties, only 60% work had been done, meaning that Atlantic Offshore & Properties was only entitled to N691, 537,551. Bam Darley
Nig. Ltd that was paid N742, 730,990.25 had done 60% work too and ought to have been paid N554, 986,386.57.
“Contracts for REHABILITATION of Roads were awarded at highly inflated cost, with some of the roads costing as high N50 million per kilometre when the immediate past government awarded CONSTRUCTION of roads at less than N45m per kilometre. The REHABILITATION only involved cutting of failed portion, filling with laterite and stone base and asphalt overlay. No subsoil drainages, new pipe culverts and box culverts were constructed.

“For instance, 10.7km Ado-Afao was awarded at N538, 638,704.26, 17km Ilawe-Igbara Odo-Ibuji road, which was awarded at a little above N200m by the immediate past government was re-awarded to at N894,698,043.75, 11.5km Ado-Ilawe road was awarded at N482,849,098.20, 3.6km
Ijigbo-Baptist College (Ilawe road) was awarded at N788,038,599.60 while Fajuyi-University Teaching Hospital Road that is less than3km was awarded at N447,544,063.50

“Rehabilitation of 13km Old Garrage-Ado-Ikere road was awarded to Plycon Nig Ltd at N2, 369,833,077.15.

“Construction of 0.8km Old Garrage-Ojumose (Ado-Ekiti) road was awarded to Heartland Nig. Ltd at N866, 872,873.13.

“Using the State Public Works Corporation (PWC), rehabilitation 5km township roads were embarked upon in each of the 16 LGs. Contracts for the rehabilitation of these roads were awarded without any input from the respective LGs while fund for the project was deducted from the
local councils allocation. “For instance, rehabilitation of 5km roads in Moba LG was awarded for N368, 950,821.09, Ido/Osi LG for N329, 950,821.50 and Ilejemeje LG for N347, 914,157.68. Apart from the PWC, cronies of Governor Kayode Fayemi were also given the contract. Most of the road projects have been abandoned.

“In 2010, the World Bank in collaboration with the Federal Government released $7.5m (about N1.2bn) for FADAMA III Project. The State Government was expected to provide counterpart fund of N100m. FADAMA III was for LIVESTOCK farmers. “However, the N100m counterpart fund was not provided by the State government until 2013.

“Instead of using this fund for the purpose for which the World Bank and FG released it, the State Government set up a scheme called Youths Commercial Agriculture Development Programme (YCAD) and used the FADAMA III grant from the World Bank and FG to fund it.

6-10 YCAD farmers were purportedly given N6 million each while FADAMA farmers, who registered FUGs of Ten (10) farmers collectively applied for six hundred and ninety thousand Naira only (N69,000.00 per farmer) were left unfunded.

“There were just 142 YCAD members, but the government claimed they were 15,000. “The government also claimed that it bought NINE Tractors at N98m and constructed abattoir for N18m. However, the tractors claimed to have been bought with N98m were the ones supplied to Ekiti State by the federal government during the immediate past administration of Engr Segun Oni.

“Also, the N100m counterpart fund paid by the State government into FADAMA’s ECO Bank, Ado-Ekiti account was later returned to the government coffers.

“For FADAMA IV, a sum of $10.5m (about N1.7bn) was released in August, this year by the World Bank in collaboration with the FG for cassava plantation. Moves are now being made to siphon this fund.”

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IsraeliAIRFORCE:


If you impeach a Governor, the deputy replaces him.

The mandate belongs to both candidates

apc knws that, the impeachment talk is just to commerce the ball rolling as u already knw these guys have 2months to go. The real joker is the court and tribunal cases against fayose, which would commerce soon 4 rigging through to that seat. By that time the next man that got the second position in the contest replaces him. Change 2015

amakaobiemeka:
apc knws that, the impeachment talk is just to commerce the ball rolling as u already knw these guys have 2months to go. The real joker is the court and tribunal cases against fayose, which would commerce soon 4 rigging through to that seat. By that time the next man that got the second position in the contest replaces him. Change 2015

There is no evidence of manipulation of election results so far in the last Ekiti State elections hence your insinuations are null and void.

If Osun State election wasn't nullified on account of established gross manipulation by APC in some parts of the State, how can an election with no evidence of direct manipulation of collated results be nullified.

Stop this madness and thought that one boggyman winning the presidency controls the Judiciary.

Even the audio tape is not an evidence right When are we gonna stop all this sentiment

IsraeliAIRFORCE:


There is no evidence of manipulation of election results so far in the last Ekiti State elections hence your insinuations are null and void.

If Osun State election wasn't nullified on account of established gross manipulation by APC in some parts of the State, how can an election with no evidence of direct manipulation of collated results be nullified.

Stop this madness and thought that one boggyman winning the presidency controls the Judiciary.

Amaechi secretary to FGN is perfect

IsraeliAIRFORCE:


There is no evidence of manipulation of election results so far in the last Ekiti State elections hence your insinuations are null and void.

If Osun State election wasn't nullified on account of established gross manipulation by APC in some parts of the State, how can an election with no evidence of direct manipulation of collated results be nullified.

Stop this madness and thought that one boggyman winning the presidency controls the Judiciary.

wake up this is nigeria, who controls the military, judiciary, electoral commsion, police force etc. It remains the president and it has all been evident during gej tenure. Mr who do u think appoints the cjf, and judicial principals. The released evidence of the military officer that implicates gej, koro etc is just more than enough. Buhari is a military man nt a bloody clueless civilan

Eggcelent:
Sheu Garba? I thought he contested & won a seat in the March 28 senatorial election. I may be mistaken, though.

Don't mistake him for Shehu Sanni who won an election into the Senate.

Fayemi is more likely to be given the Foreign Affairs portfolio abeg. The heck does he know about Trade and Investment Offices are not just dished out anyhow like Fayose's rice.

kITATITA. Thanks for the clarification. Much appreciated.

IsraeliAIRFORCE:


If you impeach a Governor, the deputy replaces him.

The mandate belongs to both candidates

True indeed but forget not the case of electoral foulplay metted out against himself, BGR John Momor, Obanikoro amongst others

Gasout:
Let's not be like the pastors and Imams who predicted jargons before the march 28 general elections. Let's just cross our arms see how is cabinet would be like. I'm optimistic is going to be one of the best cabinet Nigeria has ever produce. Waiting meticulously

which imam? i nvr heard any imam predict anything as such!