Hopes of Nigerians for a glimpse into
President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet was
dashed Wednesday when the nominee list
failed to arrive the Senate on schedule.
Buhari had promised at several fora that the
ministerial list would be sent to the Senate
on or before September 30.
On Wednesday, the last day of September,
there was no ministerial list in the chamber,
prompting Minority Leader Godswill Akpabio
to raise a motion vide Order 14 of the
Senate Standing Orders. He drew the
attention of his colleagues to Buhari’s
promise and asked Senate President, Dr.
Bukola Saraki, if the list was on hand.
Deputy Majority Leader, Bala Ibn Na’Allah,
quickly countered him. He said the office of
the Senate President was still open till 12:00
am to receive correspondence from Aso
Rock.
Daily Sun, however, gathered that the
Buhari-approved list would be read in
plenary on October 6.
Nigeria celebrates her independence
anniversary on October 1 and next Tuesday
is the next legislative day in the Senate.
Traditionally, the Senate President reads
presidential communications in plenary,
after which it would be referred to the
relevant standing committee for
consideration.
Addressing newsmen after the Senate
adjourned plenary, Chairman of the Adhoc
Committee on Media and Public Affairs,
Dino Melaye, promised to inform Nigerians
as soon as a formal notice was sent to the
National Assembly.
He said the Senate waited patiently on
Tuesday for the list, but to no avail.
“As I speak to you, the Senate is yet
to receive any list of ministerial
nominees from President
Muhammadu Buhari. We have
adjourned till next week. But in the
event that we get the list before
midnight today (Tuesday), we shall
inform Nigerians about it,” Melaye
said.
In a related development, Daily Sun
gathered that the Presidency is fine-tuning
the ministerial list here in Nigeria which is
reportedly ready for submission.
A Presidency source said: “the first list
contains 41 names,” adding that, “the
President intends to really cut down on the
number of ministers and the list right now
contains more names than the required
constitutional one-candidate-per-state.
“Some states like Lagos and Ekiti
have three candidates each and only
one of them can become minister.
“Former Lagos State governor,
Babatunde Fashola, Abike Dabiri-
Erewa and one other female name
are said to be on the list.”
Another source added that Buhari has come
under intense pressure from the political
elite for him to accommodate acolytes in
the cabinet.
“The President has been under serious
pressure to drop Fashola, as a topshot in
the All Progressives Congress (APC) would
not hear of the President appointing
Fashola. But the President prefers him
above others…”
The final decision, it was learnt, will be
taken in the Presidential Villa. Also, in the
case of Ekiti, two former governors of the
state, Segun Oni, Kayode Fayemi and
human rights lawyer, Femi Falana are also
said to be on the list.
“As consolation those who don’t make it to
be ministers will be compensated with other
appointments,” the source said.
The source continued that the ministerial
list was one of the reasons Buhari invited
some of his National Assembly aides to New
York, “in order to strategise on how to avoid
any hitch after the list has been submitted,
considering the crisis following the Senate
President’s trial at the Code of Conduct
Tribunal (CCT).
( Adetutu Folasade-Koyi, Juliana Taiwo-
Obalonye, Fred Itua , DAILY SUN)


http://sunnewsonline.com/new/ministerial-list-buhari-defaults-senate-gets-list-october-6/



Odeyele

The most talked about list ever

And the list Saraki just received was probably about ingredients for cow tail pepper soup.
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Which 1 we go believe now??

K

Liar
Beech

What list? The one already received by Saraki? Lol. Sore losers jumping the gun since 1804.