President Muhammadu Buhari's 2nd list of ministerial nominees got to the Senate on Monday. The identities of the nominees were shrouded in secrecy over what sources attributed to angst in the Presidency over the leakage of the first list to the media before it was officially confirmed.
Dependable sources said prominent names on the second list are:
Former Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Barr Mohammed Bello (Adamawa); former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola (Osun); former Chairman of the National Population Commission, Chief Festus Odimegwu (Imo); former National President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, (Ondo); former spokesman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, Osita Okechukwu (Enugu); and former ANPP governorship candidate in Abia, Ikechi Emenike (Abia).
Others on the list include Hadiza Abdullahi; Adamu Adamu (Bauchi), Hajia Bukar Ibrahim, the former first lady of Yobe State (Yobe); Senator Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa); James Ocholi, SAN (Kogi); Anthony Anwuka, a professor of education administration, who was secretary to the government of Imo state; and Isaac Adewole, a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology.
Others are Dan Ali, a brigadier-general who was retired in 2013; Okechukwu Enelamah, the CEO of African Capital Alliance; Claudius Omoyele Daramola, a professor of sociology of education, from Ondo state; and Aisha Abubakar.
The Senate scheduled Tuesday to begin screening and confirmation of the nominees.
