Nigerians react as El-Rufai, Wike, Ganduje, others set to make Tinubu's ministerial list

There are strong indications that no less than six ex-governors would make the cabinet of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The president has less than 20 days to forward his list of ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation.

Some reports already indicated that the president has sent names of 42 proposed ministers to the Department of State Services for security clearance before taking them to the Senate for confirmation.

According to a report by Guardian Newspaper, some ex-governors including Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa and Nyesom Wike of Rivers are among the ex-governors to populate the cabinet of Tinubu.

The report said the new cabinet will also consist of 20 Special Advisers, among whom are: Dr Adekunle Tinubu – Personal Physician; Tunde Rahman – SSAP (Media); Damilotun Aderemi – SSAP (Private Secretary); Ibrahim Masari – SSAP (Political Matters); Toyin Subair – SSAP (Domestic); Abdulaziz Abdulaziz – SSAP (Print Media); Otega Ogara – SSAP (Digital/New); Demola Oshodi – SSAP (Protocol); Tope Ajayi – SSAP (Media & Public) and Yetunde Sekoni – SSAP.

Others are Motunrayo Jinadu – SSAP; Segun Dada – SAP (Social Media); Paul Adekanye – SAP (Logistics); Friday Soton – SAP (Housekeeping); Mrs Shitta-Bey Akande – SAP (Catering); Nosa Asemota – SAP (Visual Communication) Personal Photographer; Kamal Yusuf – PA (Special Duties); Wale Fadairo – PA (General Duties); Sunday Moses – PA (Videography); and Taiwo Okonlawon – PA (State Photographer).

The new cabinet becoming a retiring home of ex-governors, has already set tongues wagging.

The South West Youth Forum (SWYF) has urged Tinubu not to appoint any of the past Governors as Ministers in his cabinet.
Chairman of the Forum, Comrade Funsho Ajimuda disclosed this in a press statement. He accused most of the past Governors of plundering their respective states into humongous domestic and foreign debts.

He said: “As it has been speculated that many of the immediate past governors in the country are lobbying to be appointed one minister or the other. It is an act of greed, shamelessness and selfishness that 8 years executive governors will be angling to be a Ministers while their political son is Governor.”
Shehu Sani, former Kaduna Central Senator, advised Tinubu to probe and not appoint the former Governors as ministers after looting their states and leaving their people in poverty.