On Wednesday, Senate President Godswill Akpabio revealed the names of 19 additional ministerial nominees submitted by President Bola Tinubu.
The new list includes prominent figures such as former Governors Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State, Simon Lalong of Plateau State, Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, and Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State.
The supplementary ministerial list was presented to the Senate by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila. This marked the second batch of nominees to be submitted to the Senate President.
Notably, the Senate has already conducted screening sessions for the initial batch of 28 nominees put forward by President Tinubu.
The latest list of ministerial nominees is as follows:
- Ahmed Tijjani
- Bosun Tijjani
- Dr. Maryam Shetti
- Ishak Salako
- Tunji Alausa
- Tanko Sununu
- Adegboyega Oyetola
- Atiku Bagudu
- Bello Matawalle
- Ibrahim Geidam
- Simon Bako Lalong
- Lola Adejo
- Shuaibu Abubakar
- Tahir Mamman
- Aliyu Sabi
- Alkali Ahmed
- Heineken Lokpobiri
- Uba Maigari
- Zephaniah Jissalo