By NewsBits
President Bola Tinubu has set the record for the highest number of ministerial nominees in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic (1999 to date). This is five ministerial nominees more than the 42 appointed by former president Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.A week ago, Tinubu nominated 28 people to be cleared by the senate to be ministers in his cabinet. On Wednesday, the president sent another list of 19 other people, making a total of 47 cabinet members.
In his first coming, President Muhammadu Buhari named 36 ministers, and 42 ministers during his second term. Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 named 33 nominees to be ministers in his cabinet — including nine people from the Umar Yar’Adua administration.
In 2007, Yar’Adua named a 39-member cabinet, which included 32 men and seven women. Former president Olusegun Obasanjo initially named 42 ministers in 1999 but reviewed his cabinet to reduce the number of ministries and ministers to 27 and 40, respectively, before he left office in 2007.
Tinubu has now gone beyond Obasanjo, Yar’Adua and Jonathan to name 47 ministers at one go — setting a new record in the country’s 24-year return to democracy. Here is a list of Tinubu’s 47 ministerial nominees:
1 Abubakar Momoh Edo – Male
2 Yusuf Maitama Tuggar Bauchi – Male
3 Ahmad Dangiwa Katsina – Male
4 Hanatu Musawa Kastina – Female
5 Uche Nnaji Enugu – Male
6 Betta Edu Cross River – Female
7 Doris Uzoka Imo – Female
8 David Umahi Ebonyi – Male
9 Nyesom Wike Rivers – Male
10 Mohamed Badaru Jigawa – Male
11 Nasir El-Rufai Kaduna – Male
12 Ekperikpe Ekpo Akwa Ibom – Male
13 Nkeiruka Onyejeocha Abia – Female
14 Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo Ondo – Male
15 Stella Okotete Delta – Female
16 Uju Ohanenye Anambra – Female
17 Bello Mohammed Goronyo Sokoto – Male
18 Dele Alake Ekiti – Male
19 Lateef Fagbemi Kwara – Male
20 Mohammed Idris Niger – Male
21 Olawale Edun Ogun – Male
22 Adebayo Adelabu Oyo – Male
23 Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim Nasarawa – Female
24 Ali Pate Bauchi – Male
25 Joseph Utsev Benue – Male
26 Abubakar Kyari Borno – Male
27 John Enoh Cross River – Male
28 Sani Abubakar Danladi Taraba – Male
29 Ahmed Tijani Gwarzo Kogi – Male
30 Bosun Tijani Ogun Male
31 Maryam Shetty (Shettima) Kano – Female
32 Ishak Salako Ogun – Male
33 Tunji Alausa Lagos – Male
34 Tanko Sununu Kebbi – Male
35 Adegboyega Oyetola Osun – Male
36 Atiku Bagudu Kebbi – Male
37 Bello Matawalle Zamfara – Male
38 Ibrahim Geidam Yobe – Male
39 Simon Bako Lalong Plateau – Male
40 Lola Ade-John Lagos – Female
41 Shuaibu Abubakar Adamawa – Male
42 Tahir Mamman Adamawa – Male
43 Aliyu Sabi Niger – Male
44 Alkali Ahmed Gombe – Male
45 Heineken Lokpobiri Bayelsa – Male
46 Uba Maigari Taraba – Male
47 Zephaniah Jisalo FCT – Male
