Latiifah Amusan
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai, former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and Medical scholar, Ali Pate among the selected candidates.
The list, which was disclosed this morning, also includes legal experts Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), Olawale Edun, and Adebayo Adelabu.
Additionally, former Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, APC Women Leader, Mrs. Betta Edu, Senator Ben Ayade, and eminent journalist Dele Alake, currently serving as the Special Adviser on Media, Strategy, and Special Duties, have also made it to the ministerial nominee’s list.
A Senate source said the President forwarded the list to Senate President Godswill Akpabio this morning, in line with the constitutional provision that the list should get to the National Assembly within 60 days after the presidential inauguration.