The Senate has confirmed the appointment of 45 ministerial nominees submitted by President Bola Tinubu amongst which are nine former state governors on the list.
The Senate, however, has not confirmed 3 ministerial nominees as they are still undergoing security clearance. The affected nominees include: Nasir El-Rufai – former governor of Kaduna State, Sani Danladi from Taraba, and Stella Okotete from Delta State.
List of Confirmed Ministerial Nominees by the Senate:
- ABUBAKAR KYARI – BORNO STATE
- ABUBAKAR MOMOH – EDO STATE
- NYESOM WIKE – RIVERS STATE
- PROF. JOSEPH UTSEV – BENUE STATE
- JOHN ENO – CROSS RIVER STATE
- BELLO MOHAMMED – SOKOTO STATE
- MOHAMMED BADARU ABUBAKAR – JIGAWA STATE
- YUSUF MAITAMA TUGGAR – BAUCHI STATE
- UJU KEN OHANEYE – ANAMBRA STATE
- OLUBUNMI TUNJI OJO – ONDO STATE
- NKEIRUKA ONYEJEOCHA – ABIA STATE
- BETTA EDU – CROSS RIVER STATE
- IMAAN SULEIMAN – NASARAWA STATE
- DAVID UMAHI – EBONYI STATE
- ADEBAYO OLAWALE EDUN – OGUN STATE
- AHMED MUSA DANGIWA – KATSINA STATE
- UCHE NNAJI – ENUGU STATE
- DELE ALAKE – EKITI STATE
- WAHEED ADEBAYO ADELABU – OYO STATE
- MUHAMMAD IDRIS – NIGER STATE
- PROF. ALI PATE – BAUCHI STATE
- DR DORIS UZOKA – IMO STATE
- LATEEF FAGBEMI (SAN) – KWARA STATE
- EKPERIKPE EKPO – AKWA IBOM STATE
- HANNATU MUSAWA – KATSINA STATE
- IBRAHIM GEIDAM – YOBE STATE
- ALIYU SABI ABDULLAHI – NIGER STATE
- HEINEKEN LOKPOBIRI – BAYELSA STATE
- ALKALI AHMED SA’EED – GOMBE STATE
- DR. YUSUF TANKO SUNUNU – KEBBI STATE
- ATIKU BAGUDU – KEBBI STATE
- BELLO MATAWALLE – ZAMFARA STATE
- ADEGBOYEGA OYETOLA – OSUN STATE
- SIMON BAKO LALONG – PLATEAU STATE
- ABDULLAHI TIJJANI GWARZO – KANO STATE
- BOSUN TIJJANI – OGUN STATE
- DR MARIYA MAHMOUD – KANO STATE
- DR ISIYAKA SALAKO – OGUN STATE
- DR TUNJI ALAUSA – LAGOS STATE
- LOLA ADE JOHN – LAGOS STATE
- PROF. TAHIR MAMMAN – ADAMAWA STATE
- ZEPHANIAH JISSALO – F.C.T
- UBA MAIGARI AHMADU – TARABA STATE
- SHUAIBU ABUBAKAR AUDU – KOGI STATE
- FESTUS KEYAMO (SAN) – DELTA STATE