Fashola, Amaechi, Ngige, Onu others make Buhari’s ministerial list

At last, Senate President Bukola Saraki

Wednesday received the first twenty – one

names of nominees to make President

Buhari ministerial list , just as the names would

be forwarded in batches.

Vanguard gathered that a former Rivers State

Governor, Rotimi Amaechi and his counterpart in

Lagos, Babatunde Fashola were among the

names forwarded to the senate.

Others in the list are, former governors,

Anambra, Chris Ngige; Abia State, Ogbonaya

Onu, Ekiti, Kayode Fayemi; a one time APC

governorship flag bearer in Taraba, Aisha

Alhassan,

Also said to be on the list are Kayode Fayemi, a

former governor of Ekiti State; a former

Governor of Anambra State, Chris Ngige; and a

one-time Governor of Abia State, Ogbonaya

Onu; Amina Mohammed; A former commissioner

of Ogun State, Kunle Adeosun; Malami Abubakar

(SAN) and the Group Managing Director of the

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Ibe

Kachikwu

Kachikwu’s appointment as Vanguard reported

yesterday, will be to function as the junior

minister taking charge of day-to-day affairs in

the sector while Buhari oversees it as stated by

him at the New York on Tuesday, while

attending the UN General Assembly, that he,

Buhari would be minister of petroleum resources

( see more on this).

A source told Vanguard that instead of thirty –

six names, President Buhari sent twenty – one

names as Ministerial nominees to the Senate

President, with plans to send others very early

on Tuesday before plenary session.

Senate President Saraki received the long

awaited ministerial list from the Chief of Staff,

Abba Kyari at 4.59 pm.

The Chief of Staff to the President was

accompanied to Saraki’s office by the Special

Adviser to the President on National Assembly

Matters, Senator Ita Enang.

There was a new twist to the submission of

Ministerial list to the Senate as it was received

directly by the Senate President and brought by

the Chief of Staff to the President as against

the tradition where the office of the Senate

President through the registry receives it from

the Special Adviser to the President on National

Assembly Matter( Senate).