A list of five more ministerial nominees was presented to the Senate on Tuesday, while one additional name was announced yesterday. Below are profiles of the nominees.



Mr. Sam Odeh (Benue)

Mr. Sam Odeh, born in 1968, hails from Otukpo LGA of Benue State. He has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Abuja, a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Jos and a Diploma in Law from the Benue Polytechnic, Ugbokolo.
He was pioneer state secretary of the National Democratic Party (NDP) before moving to the PDP. Odeh was special assistant to the then Governor George Akume in 2005, caretaker Chairman of Otukpo LGA, and later Governor Gabriel Suswam’s special adviser on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.

Dr. Aliyu Idi Hong (Adamawa)

Dr. Aliyu Idi Hong was Minister of State for Health in the recently dissolved federal cabinet. He was born on December 31, 1967 in Hong, Adamawa State. Dr. Hong has an MBBS degree from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and is pursuing an MBA and a Master’s degree in Rural Development at the Federal University of Technology, Yola.
He was medical officer at the Giwa Specialist Hospital, Kaduna; part-time medical officer with the Federal University of Technology Clinic, Yola; senior legislative aide at the National Assembly; and secretary of PDP in Adamawa State. Hong was Minister of State for Tourism from 2007 to 2008, when he was redeployed to the health ministry.

Alhaji Ibrahim Bio (Kwara)

The former speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly was born April 24, 1957 in Baruten LGA of the state, and became Minister of Transportation in 2008. He has a degree in Pharmacy from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and an MBA from the Ogun State University.
He was Kwara State Commissioner of Health, and member of the House of Representatives (1999-2003) on ANPP’s platform before moving to the PDP, the party through which he became member of the state assembly.

Mr. John Odey (Cross River)

He was born November 1, 1959, and holds a B.Sc in Banking and Finance from the University of Calabar. Between 2003 and 2005, Odey was Commissioner of Agriculture in Cross River State, and then became the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP.
He was first appointed into the federal cabinet in 2007 as Minister of Information, and was moved to the Environment Ministry in 2008.

Dr. Aderemi Babalola (Oyo)

Dr. Aderemi Babalola was appointed Minister of State for Finance in 2007, and later combined that with the position of acting Minister of FCT in late 2008.
Babalola, born September 8, 1964, holds a B.Sc in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan and Master of Banking and Finance degree from the University in Lagos.
He was general manager at Zenith Bank and executive director at First Bank, a position he held until his appointment as minister in 2007.

Mr. Humphrey Abbah (Kogi)


Mr. Humphrey Abbah hails from Kogi State and would be on the soon-to-be-constituted cabinet as a representative of the North-central.
He was appointed Minister of State for Commerce in 2008, a position he held till the cabinet was dissolved two weeks ago.

Without any inclusion/mention of honesty and integrity in their resumes, all their so called 'academic portfolios' are completely meaningless to me.

Not very impressive Resume!

I really couldn't fathom a measure of achievement these lots have had in the past!

I know Jonathan has good thoughts to do but presntly his hands are tied he is just like a remote presently
*we need average pple in gov
*we need achievers in gov
*we need pple with ideas
*we need pple wt good track records

Dirty appointments.
University degrees means zero to Nigerian population.
Give us people who love this nation and not career thieves in the name of politicians.

Psew!!! Not impressive

we are not concerned  about their acada portofolios,what we are more interested in is their I-N-T-E-R-G-R-I-T-Y!!!!!!!!!!!

[color=#990000][/color] Their resume aint catchy n it dont mean a thing. We need credible people not money/power thirsty robbers.

My resume is more  impressive than this people. I have worked for various companies all over the world. International companies. I started Naija radio and television from abroad.I even schooled abroad and in nigeria. So in term of been a good nigerian, I better pass , my brother.

It is been able to transform the lifes of nigerian our leaders lack.

  bye.

Sam Odeh is sure an achiever. His tenure as a Special Assistant to former Governor George Akume and Special Adviser to Governor Gabriel Suswam may not lend itself to close evaluation, but his brief stint as caretaker Chairman of Oturkpo local government speaks volumes of his energy and passion for development. He initiated a good number of projects within a very short period. it got to a point when he embarked on street rehabilitation project, something that had been left undone for years, older politicians and promoters of his immediate predecessors became jittery.
Various warning messages were allegedly sent to ward him off from trying to surpasses the achievement record of those before him. Those who believe in black magic attributed the near fatal accident he had within that period to the handiworks of enemies of progress. It was a miracle how he survived that accident. Enough said, his sterling record as Chairman of Oturkpo L.G are there to be verified

As a person, he is very warm, humorous, compassionate and generous to a fault, oh yeah! The wife Christy, was my immediate junior and a good friend in the university. Way back then, he was a struggling businessman and use to pop in and out to see the wife, {Fiancee then}, himself and late Paul Ochoga. Anytime we receive news that he was in town, I and some friends will abandon everything to track down big brother for some manna and he never disappointed! He will crack your ribs with jokes, encourage you and wad you up with smiles, most times, emptying his pockets in the process!

But all these happened some years ago! You never know what politics can do to some of these fine folks.
Pray he still remains the same forthright development oriented person!

Congrats to him and other nominees, fingers crossed!

o boy john odey na my school mate ooh,see him don hammer no wahala sha

Although the university degrees are welcomed, the most important thing is their record of achievement in their given tasks till date.

So what, if you were Commissioner/Minister of State of blah blah blah when one cannot see any marked improvement or achievement over you tenure there. That is the more reason you should never be hired again into a public role.

Apart from Babalola's, who's track record can be evident from his time in the banking sector, I can not vouch for any of the others their. As far as I am concern, most likely they are of the average Nigerian mentality in any given task "E don do, we don try", not " this is arguably the best that can ever be done"!

Thery are all old wine in new bottles

Without any modicum of integrity, their fancy resumes are ridiculously inadequate.

Same old story. Same people

It's not about DEGREES, It's about DELIVERIES!!

They all should present authentication letters from their alma mater, so we're sure their certificates are not forgeries a la Buhari, Comptroller Gen, Tinubu, Evans & so many other Nigerian leaders!

_{. . . that is if that too will not be forged}

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Mr. Humphrey Abbah (Kogi)


Mr. Humphrey Abbah hails from Kogi State and would be on the soon-to-be-constituted cabinet as a representative of the North-central.
He was appointed Minister of State for Commerce in 2008, a position he held till the cabinet was dissolved two weeks ago.

this nominee no go school?