List of States Yet to Have Ministerial Nominees Under President Tinubu

• President Bola Tinubu on Thursday transmitted the names of 28 ministerial nominees to the Senate in order to beat the 60-day deadline set by the constitution
• Analysis of the list shows that 11 states in Nigeria are yet to have nominees from the list that Senate President Godswill Akpabio read
• Nigeria’s constitution stipulated that each state federation must provide at least one minister to represent it in every cabinet

FCT, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu forwarded the names of 28 ministerial nominees to the Senate on Thursday, July 27, in what can be described as a strategic move to beat the July 29 deadline set by the constitution.

From the list, some states are yet to have ministerial nominees based on analysis, and reference to the state of origin of those that have been nominated to work with the President in the next four years.

The Nigerian constitution compelled the President to appoint at least one minister from each state, and the minister shall be an indigene of that state.

How ministers always emerge in Nigeria history

History has it that there are always differences in how ministers come from each state, meaning that some states produced more than one, but at least, one comes from each state.

Already, analysis of the list indicated that states like Katsina, Cross River and Bauchi States already have two ministers in the list forwarded to the Senate on Thursday, while 11 states are yet to have any nominee.

In the case of female ministers who are married, they often represent their home states in the cabinet. Only Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has represented her husband’s state, (Abia) in 2003.

Full list of States without ministers

Below is the names of states yet to have ministers.

1. Adamawa
2. Bayelsa
3. Gombe
4. Kano
5. Kebbi
6. Kogi
7. Lagos
8. Nasarawa
9. Osun
10. Yobe
11. Zamfara

See full list in a tweet by the President’s special adviser on social media here:

Ministerial List: 4 ex-govs, 4 women made Tinubu’s first batch nominees

Legit.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial list has finally been transmitted to the Senate for screening and confirmation.

According to the list of nominees read by Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, President Tinubu, forwarded the names of 28 nominees as the first batch.

Among the list are four women, four former governors, ex-senators, heads of government agencies and parastatals.

Source: Legit.ng