Meet the technocrats in Tinubu ministerial list

 

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has unveiled a list of 28 ministerial nominees.

The list, which include four ex-governors, party chieftains, has only about three technocrats who have not been neck deep into politics. They are;

Ali Pate
Muhammad Ali Pate, born on September 6, 1968, is a physician and Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard University.

He formerly served as the Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population and Director of the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF) at the World Bank Group. Pate is also the former Minister of State for Health in Nigeria.

Pate had earlier declined the appointment as Chief Executive Officer at GAVI, an international organization that facilitates access to vaccine, for a role in the Tinubu’s government. He might likely get the portfolio of Health Minister.

Wale Edun

Olawale Edun has a background in merchant banking, corporate finance, economics and international finance at both national and international levels.

Wale is the Chair of ChapelHillDenham Group, Lagos, a leading investment bank. He was an executive director of Lagos merchant bank, Investment Banking & Trust Company Limited, now Stanbic IBTC.

He is the founder and Chair of Lagos Boxing Hall of Fame, a registered not for profit organisation that runs amateur boxing in Lagos in conjunction with the Lagos Amateur Boxing Association.
He is also the Chair of Livewell Initiative, a not for profit organisation that specialises in health literacy advocacy and practical training in Nigeria, and a Trustee of Sisters Unite for Children, a not for profit institution that focuses on helping street children in Lagos.

Wale Edun is another technocrat, a seasoned financial expert with extensive experience that has made the list of Tinubu’s ministerial nominees.

Edun holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics at the University of London and earned a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Sussex, England.

He served as the Honourable Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State for two terms (1999-2007) during Tinubu’s tenure as Governor of Lagos State. He currently serves as the Special Adviser on Monetary Policies. Simply put, he is the brain behind most of the monetary policy changes taking place at the CBN. He is expected to be appointed Finance Minister

Lateef Fagbemi

Lateef Fagbemi SAN is a prominent Nigerian lawyer, jurist, and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) who has made significant contributions to the development of law and justice in Nigeria. He has been involved in various landmark cases and is widely respected for his expertise and professionalism in the legal profession.

He was born on June 22, 1956, in Kwara State, Nigeria. He attended the University of Lagos, where he obtained his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in 1981. He later obtained a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from the same institution in 1984.

He is a protégée of the Human Rights Defender, Gani Fawehinmi. He began his career as a counsel in the law firm of Gani Fawehinmi & Co and later founded his own law firm, Lateef Fagbemi & Co.

Fagbemi has been involved in numerous high-profile cases, including election petitions and other constitutional matters. He is the APC counsel at the election petition tribunal. He is expected to be appointed as Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation.