EXCLUSIVE: Tinubu To Submit Additional Ministerial Nominees This Week As Oyetola, Al-Makura, Popular Lagos Politician Top New List
More names of ministerial nominees may be forwarded to the Senate this week by President Bola Tinubu for confirmation, NewsBeatng gathered.
28 nominees were sent to the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly last Thursday and the Senate has disclosed that their screening will start on Monday, July 31st.
Reliable sources informed NewsBeatng that top among the new ministerial nominees, are former Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and his former Nasarawa State counterpart, Senator Tanko Al-Makura.
Al-Makura was sighted at the headquarters of the Department of State Security Service on Sunday apparently for clearance.
The former Nasarawa State governor may have been nominated to represent the North-Central geopolitical zone because Nasarawa already has a nominee – Ms Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim-on the ministerial list.
Ms Sulaiman-Ibrahim was formerly Director-General of the National Refugee Commission.
The sources informed that a popular Lagos politician is also on the list.
In the 28 nominees earlier presented to the Senate, three states-Katsina, Bauchi and Cross River while 11 states have no representation at all.
Among the nominees were former governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike, ex-Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi, APC National Woman Leader Betta Edu, former Accord Party governorship candidate in the last election, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, presidential spokesperson Mr. Dele Alake and former Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, Mr. Wale Edun.
