Daily Trust reports that Tinubu who was inaugurated on May
29 had till today (Friday, July 28), to submit the list to the
Senate in line with section 42(a) of the constitution, which
states that “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”.
The delay by the president to unveil his cabinet had
heightened expectations from Nigerians, who were keenly
waiting for the list of ministers that would assist the
president to deliver his Renewed Hope Agenda.
Competent sources informed Daily Trust that high-wire
politics, technocracy, party politics and compensation were
among the key factors considered by the president in
coming up with the list
Those who made it to the released list included four former
governors: David Umahi (Ebonyi); Nyesom Wike (Rivers);
Mohammed Badaru (Jigawa), and Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna).
Other nominees are: Abubakar Momoh (Edo State); Yusuf
Maitama Tuggar (Bauchi); Ahmad Dangiwa (Katsina);
Hannatu Musawa (Katsina); Uche Nnaji (Enugu); Betta Edu
(Cross River); Doris Uzoka (Imo); Ekperikpe Ekpo (Akwa
Ibom), Nkiru Onyejiocha (Abia), Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo ( Ondo),
Stella Okotete (Delta), Uju Ohaneye (Anambra), Bello
Mohammed Goronyo (Sokoto), Alake (Ekiti), Lateef
Fagbemi (Kwara), Mohammed Idris (Niger), Edun (Ogun),
Adebayo Adelabu (Oyo), Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim
(Nasarawa), Pate (Bauchi), Joseph Utsev (Benue),
Abubakar Kyari (Borno), John Enoh (Cross River), and Sani
Abubakar Danladi (Taraba).
Why Tinubu omitted Kano, Lagos, others
Daily Trust checks revealed that the omission of Kano State
in the 28-man list of ministerial nominees submitted to the
National Assembly on Thursday by the president may not
be unconnected to the uncertainty surrounding the former
governor of the state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who it was
gathered is the president’s favourite candidate from the
North-West state.
It was also gathered that the post-election romance
between the president and presidential candidate of NNPP,
Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and the resignation of the APC
national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, which now creates a
vacuum, are factors believed to be responsible for the non-
inclusion of Kano in the released ministerial list.
Days after Adamu resigned, it was gathered that the
president was said to have tipped Ganduje to succeed him,
which many believe might be the reason for his absence in
the ministerial list forwarded to the National Assembly.
A chieftain of the party in Kano had told Daily Trust last
week that they had been informed that the former governor
did not make the ministerial list.
He said what they were told was that Ganduje would be
given the opportunity to fill in the vacant position of the
ruling party’s chairmanship.
“For us, this is even better news because as the party
chairman, Baba (Ganduje) will be directly involved with not
just the party but also maintain his cordial relationship with
the president,” he said.
The permutations among party leaders in the state had
however been zeroed on the fears that the recent overtures
from the president to Kwankwaso, a former governor of the
state, whose party now controls the state, might affect the
slot(s) to be given to the state, with several of them
insisting that this would negatively affect the party and
would aggravate the discord in the state with the
superiority battle that might follow. A source said beyond
the ministerial position, Tinubu was also considering
electoral value ahead of 2027.
“There is also the issue of the election petition tribunal.
Tinubu wants strong personalities in the states, not just
Kano, so that if there would be a rerun, they would deliver
votes for him.”
The vice chairman of the APC in the state, Shehu Maigari
told Daily Trust that the state has strong personalities that
contributed immensely to the emergence of Tinubu as
president.
“We have people like Ahmed Tijjani Gwarzo, a former
deputy governor of the state who has been with Asiwaju
since their days in ACN and who I can boldly say apart
from our leader (Ganduje), no one else contributed more to
the success than him. We also have Rabiu Suleiman Bichi,
a former Secretary to the State Government, and also
Abdulrahman Dambazau, former Minister of Interior. These
are just a few among qualified persons that should be
considered,” he said.
Working to harmonise interests in Lagos
In Lagos, Daily Trust learnt that political struggles and the
need to harmonise interests prevented it from being
represented in the 28-member ministerial list even though
Lagos-based politicians were well-represented.
Both Dele Alake and Wale Edun have their political base in
Lagos and are known foot soldiers of Tinubu, who served in
his cabinet when he was the governor of the state.
However, there are rumours that Tinubu, who has
maintained a stronghold of the state since he became
governor in 1999, is considering his former Chief of Staff,
Babatunde Fashola; Lagos East Senator, Tokunbo Abiru and
former Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode as
potential nominees from the state. The National Youth
leader of the party, Dayo Israel is also said to be eyeing a
ministerial slot.
Similarly, it was learnt that Tinubu is yet to settle for
anybody in Bayelsa, owing to the struggle in the state.
Political gladiators in the state are said to be scheming for
the exalted position.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, recently, denied any
involvement in nominating a ministerial nominee from the
state.
While Cross River had two nominees- APC national woman
leader, Dr. Betty Edu, and Senator John Owan-Eno, the
omission of the former governor, Ben Ayade is said to be
unsettling politicians in the state.
Slot between Lawan, Machina in Yobe
In Yobe, our correspondent gathered the names of former
Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Bashir Sheriff Machina
are being mentioned.
While Lawan had lost out to Tinubu during the primary
election of the APC, he also had a legal battle with Machina
over the Yobe North senatorial seat ticket.
We’ll certainly have our preferred choice – Kebbi
Elsewhere, officials in Kebbi State said they were certain
the best would be chosen as minister to represent them.
The Special Adviser to Governor Nasiru Idris on Political
Affairs, Alhaji Kabiru Sani Giant said Kebbi had contributed
immensely to the success of Mr. President in the
presidential election.
“He will surely appoint a minister from Kebbi State like he
has done in other states but is yet to exhaust his list”, he
said.
On whether the face-off between Senator Adamu Aliero
and former governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu might be
responsible for why there is no ministerial nominee yet
from Kebbi, Alhaji Giant said Aliero has no power to stop or
influence the president on the choice of who is to be
appointed as minister in Kebbi State. Before now, two
former governors of the state, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu and
Sa’idu Nasamu Dakingari were being touted for the
ministerial position in the state.
It was believed that Bagudu by virtue of his position as
former APC Governors Forum and being the chairman of
the convention where Tinubu emerged the APC presidential
flag bearer has a better chance without prejudice to
Dakingari who was the director general for the governorship
campaign in the state.
Daily Trust gathered that unresolved permutations resulted
in a delay in announcing a ministerial nominee from
Gombe State by President Tinubu.
Last minute politics ‘robbed’ Gombe in first list
A chieftain of the APC in the state, who craves anonymity,
said President Tinubu had earlier settled for his associate,
a Kaduna-based businessman, Alhaji Umar Abdullahi.
According to him, Abdullahi, popularly known as ‘Umaru
Dan Adda,’ is a long-time associate of the president and
participated in the 2023 presidential campaign that brought
Tinubu to power.
He was a one-time staff of the New Nigeria Development
Company (NNDC) and served as board member for several
parastatals after his retirement.
However, another contender for the ministerial seat,
Abubakar Inuwa Kari, the immediate past Chief of Staff to
Governor Inuwa Yahaya and ally to President Tinubu, also
pushed harder for the seat.
He was one of the returning officers of Tinubu during the
APC’s Presidential election. He was not reappointed as
chief of staff by Governor Yahaya in anticipation of his likely
nomination as a ministerial nominee.
Also, a heavy-weight politician, Jamilu Isyaku Gwamna
was contending to get the ministerial slot for Gombe to
represent the state at the Federal Executive Council.
Gwamna was a gubernatorial aspirant under the PDP, but
returned to APC, after he lost the party’s ticket and
contributed immensely towards the victory of the party.
According to the source, the failure to reconcile and pick
one from the three contenders made it impossible for a
ministerial nominee from the state to be in the first batch
unveiled by Senate President Godswill Akpabio yesterday.
In Plateau, pundits have expressed surprise that immediate
past governor, Simon Lalong, was not named among the
list. They were equally surprised that Plateau was excluded
from the first list even though Lalong served as Tinubu’s
Presidential Campaign Director General.
Daily Trust gathered that the state had earlier submitted
three names, including Lalong, the current APC chairman in
the state, Rufus Bature and Prof. Dakas C. Dakas. But
pundits say the non-inclusion of Plateau on the list may not
be unconnected with the pending suit instituted by Lalong
and the APC.
Senate to commence screening Monday – Spokesperson
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and
Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti) said
the screening of the ministerial nominees will commence
on Monday.
Briefing journalists after yesterday’s plenary, Adaramodu
assured that the nominees would be thoroughly grilled.
He said, “This time around, the Senate will examine the
character, background and achievement of all nominees,
and Nigerians will not be disappointed with the 10th
Senate.
“It is until they come forward with their resume because it
won’t be a shadow screening where you have a good
resume and you don’t have a good character. They must
have good character,” he said.

https://dailytrust.com/ministerial-list-why-tinubu-delayed-kano-lagos-9-other-states/

Mynd44 oam4j lalasticlala seun nlfpmod

Best of luck dear President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
congratulations to the Nominees, congratulations to Nigeria.


Jagaban is working pls comot for Road!!!

BuhariCarryGo:
Daily Trust reports that Tinubu who was inaugurated on May
29 had till today (Friday, July 28), to submit the list to the
Senate in line with section 42(a) of the constitution, which
states that “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”.
The delay by the president to unveil his cabinet had
heightened expectations from Nigerians, who were keenly
waiting for the list of ministers that would assist the
president to deliver his Renewed Hope Agenda.
Competent sources informed Daily Trust that high-wire
politics, technocracy, party politics and compensation were
among the key factors considered by the president in
coming up with the list
Those who made it to the released list included four former
governors: David Umahi (Ebonyi); Nyesom Wike (Rivers);
Mohammed Badaru (Jigawa), and Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna).
Other nominees are: Abubakar Momoh (Edo State); Yusuf
Maitama Tuggar (Bauchi); Ahmad Dangiwa (Katsina);
Hannatu Musawa (Katsina); Uche Nnaji (Enugu); Betta Edu
(Cross River); Doris Uzoka (Imo); Ekperikpe Ekpo (Akwa
Ibom), Nkiru Onyejiocha (Abia), Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo ( Ondo),
Stella Okotete (Delta), Uju Ohaneye (Anambra), Bello
Mohammed Goronyo (Sokoto), Alake (Ekiti), Lateef
Fagbemi (Kwara), Mohammed Idris (Niger), Edun (Ogun),
Adebayo Adelabu (Oyo), Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim
(Nasarawa), Pate (Bauchi), Joseph Utsev (Benue),
Abubakar Kyari (Borno), John Enoh (Cross River), and Sani
Abubakar Danladi (Taraba).
Why Tinubu omitted Kano, Lagos, others
Daily Trust checks revealed that the omission of Kano State
in the 28-man list of ministerial nominees submitted to the
National Assembly on Thursday by the president may not
be unconnected to the uncertainty surrounding the former
governor of the state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who it was
gathered is the president’s favourite candidate from the
North-West state.
It was also gathered that the post-election romance
between the president and presidential candidate of NNPP,
Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and the resignation of the APC
national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, which now creates a
vacuum, are factors believed to be responsible for the non-
inclusion of Kano in the released ministerial list.
Days after Adamu resigned, it was gathered that the
president was said to have tipped Ganduje to succeed him,
which many believe might be the reason for his absence in
the ministerial list forwarded to the National Assembly.
A chieftain of the party in Kano had told Daily Trust last
week that they had been informed that the former governor
did not make the ministerial list.
He said what they were told was that Ganduje would be
given the opportunity to fill in the vacant position of the
ruling party’s chairmanship.
“For us, this is even better news because as the party
chairman, Baba (Ganduje) will be directly involved with not
just the party but also maintain his cordial relationship with
the president,” he said.
The permutations among party leaders in the state had
however been zeroed on the fears that the recent overtures
from the president to Kwankwaso, a former governor of the
state, whose party now controls the state, might affect the
slot(s) to be given to the state, with several of them
insisting that this would negatively affect the party and
would aggravate the discord in the state with the
superiority battle that might follow. A source said beyond
the ministerial position, Tinubu was also considering
electoral value ahead of 2027.
“There is also the issue of the election petition tribunal.
Tinubu wants strong personalities in the states, not just
Kano, so that if there would be a rerun, they would deliver
votes for him.”
The vice chairman of the APC in the state, Shehu Maigari
told Daily Trust that the state has strong personalities that
contributed immensely to the emergence of Tinubu as
president.
“We have people like Ahmed Tijjani Gwarzo, a former
deputy governor of the state who has been with Asiwaju
since their days in ACN and who I can boldly say apart
from our leader (Ganduje), no one else contributed more to
the success than him. We also have Rabiu Suleiman Bichi,
a former Secretary to the State Government, and also
Abdulrahman Dambazau, former Minister of Interior. These
are just a few among qualified persons that should be
considered,” he said.
Working to harmonise interests in Lagos
In Lagos, Daily Trust learnt that political struggles and the
need to harmonise interests prevented it from being
represented in the 28-member ministerial list even though
Lagos-based politicians were well-represented.
Both Dele Alake and Wale Edun have their political base in
Lagos and are known foot soldiers of Tinubu, who served in
his cabinet when he was the governor of the state.
However, there are rumours that Tinubu, who has
maintained a stronghold of the state since he became
governor in 1999, is considering his former Chief of Staff,
Babatunde Fashola; Lagos East Senator, Tokunbo Abiru and
former Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode as
potential nominees from the state. The National Youth
leader of the party, Dayo Israel is also said to be eyeing a
ministerial slot.
Similarly, it was learnt that Tinubu is yet to settle for
anybody in Bayelsa, owing to the struggle in the state.
Political gladiators in the state are said to be scheming for
the exalted position.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, recently, denied any
involvement in nominating a ministerial nominee from the
state.
While Cross River had two nominees- APC national woman
leader, Dr. Betty Edu, and Senator John Owan-Eno, the
omission of the former governor, Ben Ayade is said to be
unsettling politicians in the state.
Slot between Lawan, Machina in Yobe
In Yobe, our correspondent gathered the names of former
Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Bashir Sheriff Machina
are being mentioned.
While Lawan had lost out to Tinubu during the primary
election of the APC, he also had a legal battle with Machina
over the Yobe North senatorial seat ticket.
We’ll certainly have our preferred choice – Kebbi
Elsewhere, officials in Kebbi State said they were certain
the best would be chosen as minister to represent them.
The Special Adviser to Governor Nasiru Idris on Political
Affairs, Alhaji Kabiru Sani Giant said Kebbi had contributed
immensely to the success of Mr. President in the
presidential election.
“He will surely appoint a minister from Kebbi State like he
has done in other states but is yet to exhaust his list”, he
said.
On whether the face-off between Senator Adamu Aliero
and former governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu might be
responsible for why there is no ministerial nominee yet
from Kebbi, Alhaji Giant said Aliero has no power to stop or
influence the president on the choice of who is to be
appointed as minister in Kebbi State. Before now, two
former governors of the state, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu and
Sa’idu Nasamu Dakingari were being touted for the
ministerial position in the state.
It was believed that Bagudu by virtue of his position as
former APC Governors Forum and being the chairman of
the convention where Tinubu emerged the APC presidential
flag bearer has a better chance without prejudice to
Dakingari who was the director general for the governorship
campaign in the state.
Daily Trust gathered that unresolved permutations resulted
in a delay in announcing a ministerial nominee from
Gombe State by President Tinubu.
Last minute politics ‘robbed’ Gombe in first list
A chieftain of the APC in the state, who craves anonymity,
said President Tinubu had earlier settled for his associate,
a Kaduna-based businessman, Alhaji Umar Abdullahi.
According to him, Abdullahi, popularly known as ‘Umaru
Dan Adda,’ is a long-time associate of the president and
participated in the 2023 presidential campaign that brought
Tinubu to power.
He was a one-time staff of the New Nigeria Development
Company (NNDC) and served as board member for several
parastatals after his retirement.
However, another contender for the ministerial seat,
Abubakar Inuwa Kari, the immediate past Chief of Staff to
Governor Inuwa Yahaya and ally to President Tinubu, also
pushed harder for the seat.
He was one of the returning officers of Tinubu during the
APC’s Presidential election. He was not reappointed as
chief of staff by Governor Yahaya in anticipation of his likely
nomination as a ministerial nominee.
Also, a heavy-weight politician, Jamilu Isyaku Gwamna
was contending to get the ministerial slot for Gombe to
represent the state at the Federal Executive Council.
Gwamna was a gubernatorial aspirant under the PDP, but
returned to APC, after he lost the party’s ticket and
contributed immensely towards the victory of the party.
According to the source, the failure to reconcile and pick
one from the three contenders made it impossible for a
ministerial nominee from the state to be in the first batch
unveiled by Senate President Godswill Akpabio yesterday.
In Plateau, pundits have expressed surprise that immediate
past governor, Simon Lalong, was not named among the
list. They were equally surprised that Plateau was excluded
from the first list even though Lalong served as Tinubu’s
Presidential Campaign Director General.
Daily Trust gathered that the state had earlier submitted
three names, including Lalong, the current APC chairman in
the state, Rufus Bature and Prof. Dakas C. Dakas. But
pundits say the non-inclusion of Plateau on the list may not
be unconnected with the pending suit instituted by Lalong
and the APC.
Senate to commence screening Monday – Spokesperson
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and
Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti) said
the screening of the ministerial nominees will commence
on Monday.
Briefing journalists after yesterday’s plenary, Adaramodu
assured that the nominees would be thoroughly grilled.
He said, “This time around, the Senate will examine the
character, background and achievement of all nominees,
and Nigerians will not be disappointed with the 10th
Senate.
“It is until they come forward with their resume because it
won’t be a shadow screening where you have a good
resume and you don’t have a good character. They must
have good character,” he said.

https://dailytrust.com/ministerial-list-why-tinubu-delayed-kano-lagos-9-other-states/

Mynd44 oam4j lalasticlala seun nlfpmod

Is kwankwaso no longer from. Kano?

President Tinubu is just anticipating a rerun. The Tinubu, I know would opt for professionals and experts if not for the toga hanging on his neck.

mrvitalis:

Is kwankwaso no longer from. Kano?

Vitalis, is that why you quoted the whole post just to ask whether Kwakwanso is from Kano?