Fashola, Amaechi , Ngige , Onu , Lai , kachikwu Makes Ministerial list

President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list contains a number of familiar All
Progressives Congress (APC) names such as Babatunde Fashola, former governor of
Lagos state, and Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers state, The Cable can
report.
Also nominated to be minister is Lai Mohammed, national publicity secretary of the
ruling party, and Kayode Fayemi, who lost his Ekiti governorship re-election bid in
2014 to Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
From the south-east are the likes of Chris Ngige, former governor of Anambra state and
former senator of the federal republic; and Ogbonnaya Onu, first executive governor of
Abia state and former national chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), on
whose ticket Buhari contested and lost the 2003 and 2007 presidential elections.
Udoma Udo Udoma, a former senator who represented Akwa Ibom south senatorial
constituency at the national assembly, made it as well.
Buhari also nominated for ministerial appointment, Aisha Alhassan, who was on the
brink of becoming the first elected female governor before eventually losing the Taraba
state governorship election to Darius Ishiaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
From his days at the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Buhari picked Malami
Abubakar, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and former legal adviser of the defunct
party; Hadi Sirika, a former pilot and former CPC senator who represented Katsina
north senatorial district; as well as Adebayo Shittu, former governorship candidate of
the legacy party in Oyo state.
Ibe Kachikwu, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum (NNPC), is a
surprise appearance on the list. But with Buhari already declaring himself minister of
petroleum resources, it is likely that Kachikwu will combine his current portfolio with
that of the minister of state for petroleum resources.
Amina Mohammed, former special adviser to the Nigerian president on millennium
development goals (MDGs) and current special adviser to United Nations secretary-
general Ban Ki-moon on post-2015 development planning, is also a nominee.
Kemi Adeosun, former commissioner for finance in Ogun state, was nominated as well.