Senate Confirms Appointment Of Onyejeocha, Wike, Umahi, Bagudu, Others As Ministers

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:

  1. ABUBAKAR KYARI – BORNO STATE
  2. ABUBAKAR MOMOH – EDO STATE
  3. NYESOM WIKE – RIVERS STATE
  4. PROF. JOSEPH UTSEV – BENUE STATE
  5. JOHN ENO – CROSS RIVER STATE
  6. BELLO MOHAMMED – SOKOTO STATE
  7. MOHAMMED BADARU ABUBAKAR – JIGAWA STATE
  8. YUSUF MAITAMA TUGGAR – BAUCHI STATE
  9. UJU KEN OHANEYE – ANAMBRA STATE
  10. OLUBUNMI TUNJI OJO – ONDO STATE
  11. NKEIRUKA ONYEJEOCHA – ABIA STATE
  12. BETTA EDU – CROSS RIVER STATE
  13. IMAAN SULEIMAN – NASARAWA STATE
  14. DAVID UMAHI – EBONYI STATE
  15. ADEBAYO OLAWALE EDUN – OGUN STATE
  16. AHMED MUSA DANGIWA – KATSINA STATE
  17. UCHE NNAJI – ENUGU STATE
  18. DELE ALAKE – EKITI STATE
  19. WAHEED ADEBAYO ADELABU – OYO STATE
  20. MUHAMMAD IDRIS – NIGER STATE
  21. PROF. ALI PATE – BAUCHI STATE
  22. DR DORIS UZOKA – IMO STATE
  23. LATEEF FAGBEMI (SAN) – KWARA STATE
  24. EKPERIKPE EKPO – AKWA IBOM STATE
  25. HANNATU MUSAWA – KATSINA STATE
  26. IBRAHIM GEIDAM – YOBE STATE
  27. ALIYU SABI ABDULLAHI – NIGER STATE
  28. HEINEKEN LOKPOBIRI – BAYELSA STATE
  29. ALKALI AHMED SA’EED – GOMBE STATE
  30. DR. YUSUF TANKO SUNUNU – KEBBI STATE
  31. ATIKU BAGUDU – KEBBI STATE
  32. BELLO MATAWALLE – ZAMFARA STATE
  33. ADEGBOYEGA OYETOLA – OSUN STATE
  34. SIMON BAKO LALONG – PLATEAU STATE
  35. ABDULLAHI TIJJANI GWARZO – KANO STATE
  36. BOSUN TIJJANI – OGUN STATE
  37. DR MARIYA MAHMOUD – KANO STATE
  38. DR ISIYAKA SALAKO – OGUN STATE
  39. DR TUNJI ALAUSA – LAGOS STATE
  40. LOLA ADE JOHN – LAGOS STATE
  41. PROF. TAHIR MAMMAN – ADAMAWA STATE
  42. ZEPHANIAH JISSALO – F.C.T
  43. UBA MAIGARI AHMADU – TARABA STATE
  44. SHUAIBU ABUBAKAR AUDU – KOGI STATE
  45. FESTUS KEYAMO (SAN) – DELTA STATE
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