Ministerial List: Anxiety In South-west APC As Bola Tinubu Loses Out

*Tinubu Not Bothered As Long As They Are Capable — S/West APC

Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

There are indications that all is not well in the South-West chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the ministerial list submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Senate last week.

A credible source in the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party said Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the party, failed in his bid to ensure that his allies and foot soldiers made the list despite several efforts he made to get them into the president’s cabinet.

He said contrary to the impression being created that many of the nominees from the South-West are Tinubu’s choice who may be crucial to his rumoured 2023 presidential ambition, most of them are not his recommendations.

According to him, “I think the president really meant what he said when he promised to appoint only people he knows. He was indirectly saying that he will not allow some power brokers foist their loyalists on him like they did in 2015. One of those affected is Asiwaju Bola Tinubu whose nominees were rejected by the president.

“In Ekiti, what many did not know that it was Governor Kayode Fayemi that nominated Otunba Niyi Adebayo. Because of his relationship with Tinubu, many thought it was Tinubu that nominated him, but the truth is that Tinubu actually submitted the name of Dele Alake, who served as commissioner for information under him but it was rejected.

“In Lagos, Tinubu also wanted Yemi Cardoso, a former commissioner for budget and economic planning, but the president settled for Olorunimbe Mamora while also retaining Babatunde Fashola.

“Despite winning Ogun State for APC despite the strong resistance from the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), the president also snubbed Tinubu who wanted Wale Edun, a former commissioner for finance during his tenure as governor of Lagos, but settled for Lekan Adegbite, a loyalist of Senator Ibikunle Amosun.

“The same also applies to Oyo State where Tinubu nominated Abiola Ajimobi, the immediate past governor of the state, but President Buhari settled for Sunday Dare, an executive commissioner (stakeholder management) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Though Dare is one of Tinubu’s boys, the impression in the presidency is that he is more of a technocrat and will not have the kind of political influence someone like Ajimobi will have.
“He didn’t even nominate Rauf Aregbesola, former governor of Osun State. So, I think people are wrong if they say Asiwaju Tinubu’s loyalists dominated the list. The development is already unsettling leaders of the South-West APC but they are trying to manage it so as not to create the impression that things have fallen apart and the centre can no longer hold for them”, he said.

However, speaking with Daily Independent, an official of the South-West APC, said those insinuating that most of the appointees are not Tinubu’s loyalists are displaying ignorance as majority of them are his allies.
He also said rather than bother about who nominated who, Tinubu’s major interest is the national outlook and is pleased as long as the nominees have capacity to deliver and assist the president and the party to deliver on their promises to Nigerians
He said, “If they are saying most of those names are not Asiwaju Tinubu’s nominees, are they his allies or not? In any case, what Tinubu is concerned about is the national outlook.

“These nominees who are currently being screened by the Senate, are they good choices? Do they have the capacity to deliver and assist the president in his next level agenda? If they have the capacity to deliver, then Asiwaju Tinubu has no problem with that.

“If you go to Benue, is George Akume not Tinubu’s ally? If you go to Kwara, are you saying Lai Mohammed and Gbemi Saraki who both played a leading role in the ‘O To Gee’ political revolution, are they not Tinubu’a allies? Go to Sokoto today, the ministerial nominee, Maigarai Dingyadi, is a close associate of Ibrahim Wamakko, who is also Tinubu’s ally. Go to Zamfara, the ministerial nominee, Sadiya Umar Faruk, played a key role in the merger of APC, are they now saying she is not Tinubu’s ally?

“Those saying Tinubu was sidelined are just displaying crass ignorance. If you go to Ekiti and you say Otunba Niyi Adebayo was nominated by Governor Fayemi, is Adebayo not an ally of Asiwaju? Have they forgotten that Tinubu helped in facilitating his emergence as the Deputy National Chairman of APC?

“If you go to Oyo and say Tinubu played no role in the emergence of Sunday Dare, have they forgotten that Dare is Tinubu’s immediate past Chief of Staff and media adviser, who highly regards Asiwaju more or less as his own political godfather?

“So, those are the issues but like I said, to Tinubu, what is important is that he is pleased with the nominees as long as they are competent and will assist the president in delivering on his agenda”.
https://www.independent.ng/anxiety-in-south-west-apc-as-bola-tinubu-loses-out/

nansense write up

Don't take anything you read on Daily Independent, Vanguard, Newtelegraph, Tribune Seriously for the sake of your Health.

Iik

We warned him but he refused to listen. Let him stew in his juice

Vanguard- Tinubu the Biggest influencer of New cabinet


Evidence-. Lai mohammed, Gbemi saraki, mamora,sunday Dare,Aregbeshola , Akume.niyi Adebayo,.
only that ondo man alasoadura that is anti Tinubu But his brain has been reset to factory setting after Akeredolu show am pepper.


Tinubu is the most powerful politician in Nigeria Currently .
The likes of senator Shettima (ex borno gov)
Gandollar
Wammako
Ribadu
Lawan
Marwa
SGF boss mustapha e.t.c all belong to Jagaban caucus they re the new face of Northerner power brokers.
El rufai is aware so his brain has also restored to factory settings.




independent nonsense should be thrown inside trash can

Sai baba......slow n steady

Smh. Buhari has already made his choices and what should matter is the competence of his selections. But apparently some people (including news outlets) are ever waiting and keeping vigil over Tinubu's downfall, sotay they spin/interpret even positive news regarding him as negative.

You didn't finish it. He didn't support Buhari reelection, Lawan is not his candidate for senate president and he actually back Bago for speakership. Nonsense.

Nited

muykem:
You didn't finish it. He didn't support Buhari reelection, Lawan is not his candidate for senate president and he actually back Bago for speakership. Nonsense.

we re still Waiting for them anti Tinubu on Nass leadership.
Soon They will still say el rufai was the one the picked gbaja and lawan

There have been relative peace in Apc since saraki ,Atiku,Dino,Dogara, kwankaso left.so the conspiracy theorists have less to write about how Tinubu has been relegated from the party.

Contrary to this trash by independent newspaper

Meanwhile, about the biggest influence wielders in the new cabinet will be Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who has many of his political allies in the cabinet. Unlike in 2015 when none of his close allies made the cabinet list, this time his former Chief of Staff, Sunday Dare is there on the list besides Akume among his most faithful loyalists.

That the cabinet was mostly compiled to pander towards political considerations is also reflected in the emergence of Senator Gbemi Saraki, the blood sister of one of the most disliked figures in the top circle of the APC, Senator Bukola Saraki, the immediate past president of the Senate.

Besides reportedly serving as a form of humiliation, it is envisaged that Gbemi who reportedly helped to eviscerate Bukola’s political legacies in Kwara, would be well positioned to ensure that he does not return to political reckoning in the state that was once at his beck and call.

Four years ago President Buhari said that ministers were noise makers and proceeded to appoint only 36 ministers in his first cabinet. Now he has exceeded records in the Fourth Republic by nominating 43 reflective of the change in the political stances of the president.



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/07/ministerial-appointments-how-buhari-is-building-his-2023-political-army/

2023 is for Igbo. If u don't like it,go jump enter third mainland

These hungry newspapers don start again. Anybody who has his or her senses intact will see Tinubu written all over that cabinet list. But I don't have a choice than to accept their delusion.

Politics is a mind game , its either you win or you learn a new step forward.

Ehya.....

ORIENTATION101:
Vanguard- Tinubu the Biggest influencer of New cabinet


Evidence-. Lai mohammed, Gbemi saraki, mamora,sunday Dare,Aregbeshola , Akume.niyi Adebayo,.
only that ondo man alasoadura that is anti Tinubu But his brain has been reset to factory setting after Akeredolu show am pepper.


Tinubu is the most powerful politician in Nigeria Currently .
The likes of senator Shettima (ex borno gov)
Gandollar
Wammako
Ribadu
Lawan
Marwa
SGF boss mustapha e.t.c all belong to Jagaban caucus they re the new face of Northerner power brokers.
El rufai is aware so his brain has also restored to factory settings.




independent nonsense should be thrown inside trash can

You are aware of what's happening in Nigeria political world

Useless tinubu

Propaganda everywhere.


Tinubu himself knows his own name cannot win election in SW. Why people from other regions are afraid of him is what baffles me.
That's how they'll be sponsoring propagandas against Tinubu and Osinbajo or Fasola will be come president

Propaganda.

What of Aregbesola ?


Mr Dare is a close Tinubu associate, infact he is relatively unknown to Buhari judging by his profile

Anyways, one can easily tell that Tinubu nominated most of the ministers from the Southwest.

In what way ... ?

i stand with Jagaban, sentiment aside Tinubu has contributed immensely to the growth of APC across Nigeria. He is not like others that came to eat when the food has been served

Story story story. Nigerians are not stupid, we are just cowards but stupidity is foreign to us

The Fulanis know that Tinubu is only a "useful idiot" and they are using him as such.

lies!!!

Absolute scrap.

What a header? There is no iota of anxiety anywhere.

The body language of the centre shows immense lack of seriousness from the list sent to Senate.

Expectation is low right now.

Just take killer herdsmen away from SW and that will suffice.

their problem not mine