Wike, El-Rufai, Umahi, other candidates make list as Senate President reads out Tinubu’s ministerial nominees

By TheNigerian On Jul 27, 2023

Godswill Akpabio, the Senate president, read out the 28 ministerial candidates that President Bola Tinubu had submitted for the National Assembly’s consideration on Thursday afternoon.

On the Senate floor, Dave Umahi and Nyesom Wike, the former governors of the states of Ebonyi and Rivers, read Tinubu’s list of ministers.

The list included Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna.

We previously stated that Tinubu’s chief of staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, arrived at the Red Chambers to hand the Senate the list of ministerial nominees for the start of the screening process.

We discovered that Gbajabiamila entered and delivered the 28-person list at 1.20pm.

After that, Akpabio read the 28-name ministerial list.
See full list:

Abubakar Momoh

Yususf Maitama Tukur

Ahmad Dangiwa

Hannatu Musawa

Uche Nnaji

Betta Edu

Dr. Diris Anite Uzoka

David Umahi

Ezenwo Nyesom Wike

Muhammed Badaru Abubakar

Nasir El Rufai