According to News Express, a peep has been given into the portfolios of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees. The portfolios were left out of the first list of 21 nominees (a second list is still awaited) sent to the Senate last Friday and read on on the floor of the upper chamber by Senate President Bukola Saraki on Tuesday. A competent Presidency source who pleaded anonymity told News Express that the composition is as follows:
1. Chris Ngige – Anambra (Health)
2. Kayode Fayemi – Ekiti (Foreign Affairs)
3. Rotimi Amaechi – Rivers (Ministry of Niger Delta)
4. Babatunde Fashola – Lagos (FCT)
5. Abdulrahman Danbazau (Defence)
6. Aisha Alhassan – Taraba (Women Affairs)
7. Ogbonaya Onu – Abia (Science and Technology)
8. Kemi Adeosun – Ogun (Trade and Investment)
9. Abubakar Malami (SAN) – Kebbi (Justice)
10. Sen Hadi Sirika – Katsina (Aviation)
11. Barr. Adebayo Shittu – Oyo (Works)
12. Suleiman Adam – Jigawa (Labour and Productivity)
13. Solomon Dalong – Plateau (Interior)
14. Ibe Kachikwu – Delta (Petroleum and natural resources)
15. Osagie Ehanire – Edo (Water Resources and Solid Minerals)
16. Audu Ogbeh – Benue (Agriculture)
17. Lai Mohammed – Kwara (Information and Communication)
18. Ahmed Isa Ibeto – Niger (Transportation)
19. Amina Mohammed – Kaduna (Finance)
20. Udoma Udoma – Akwa Ibom (Culture and Tourism).