NEWS: FOUR EX GOVERNORS, SEVEN WOMEN, SEVENTEEN OTHERS MAKE MINSTERIAL NOMINEES LIST (Their Profiles)

 

FOUR EX GOVERNORS, SEVEN WOMEN, SEVENTEEN OTHERS MAKE MINSTERIAL NOMINEES LIST (Their Profiles)

The immediate past Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, his colleague from Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai and two other former governors have made the list of ministerial nominees.

DAVID UMAHI

David Nweze Umahi, a civil engineer by training, is the current senator representing Ebonyi South Senatorial District. He previously served as the two-term governor of Ebonyi State from 2015 to 2023 and as deputy governor from 2011 to 2015.

MOHAMMED BADARU

Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, an accountant, was the immediate past governor of Jigawa State from 2015 to 2023. He is the Chairman, Presidential Committee on Fertiliser and also the Chairman, Presidential Committee on Non-oil Revenue. He is the owner of the Talamiz Group of Industries.

NASIR EL-RUFAI

Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, an architect, served as governor of Kaduna State from 2015 to 2023. He served as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory from 2003 to 2007 under the Obasanjo administration. Before being appointed minister, el-Rufai also served as the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises.

NYESOM WIKE

Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, a lawyer, served as the governor of Rivers State from 2015 to 2023. An Ikwerre indigene from Rumuepirikom in Obio-Akpor, Rivers State, Wike was a Minister of State for Education under the Jonathan administration. A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Wike was the arrow of the G-5 governors who opposed the presidential ambition of the party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar. He was educated at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology.

 

Seven of 28 names in  the ministerial list are women. They are:

BARRISTER HANNATU MUSAWA

Hannatu Musawa was the deputy spokesperson of the defunct All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). Hannatu Musawa is the daughter of veteran Nigerian politician, Alhaji Musa Musawa. She hails from Katsina state and is of Fulani extraction. The ministerial nominee is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

DR. BETTA EDU

Edu is the national women leader of the APC. Born October 27, 1986, she became the youngest to attain that position when she assumed the role in March 2022. The Punch reported on the development at the time. Edu was Cross River state Commissioner for Health until her resignation in 2022. She was also the national chairman of the Nigeria Health Commissioners Forum.

 DR. DORIS UZOKA-ANITE

Uzoka-Anite is the former Imo state Commissioner for Finance and Coordinating Economy. She is a medical doctor and a CFA Charter holder by training. With a banking career that spans Human Resources and Treasury, Uzoka-Anite amassed significant experience in financial markets as she oversaw the Fixed Income and Currency Trading Desks, Asset and Liability Management, Treasury Corporate Sales, and Financial Multilateral institutions.

STELLA OKOTETTE

Okotete has experience in public service and business development. She possesses experience in public policy design and implementation, international development, and general administration. She is the co-founder of the E'Girls Right Foundation and has engaged with Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at their camps in Ughelli, Maiduguri, and Abuja. Before her latest nomination, she was the Executive Director (Business Development) at the Nigeria Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank during the Muhammadu Buhari administration.

HON. NKEIRUKA ONYEJEOCHA

Onyejocha was a ranking lawmaker in the federal house of representatives who represented Isuikwuato/Umunneochi constituency of Abia state. The former house deputy whip lost her re-election bid to Amaobi Ogah, candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in February. 

UJU KENNEDY-OHANEYE

Kennedy-Ohaneye was the only female presidential aspirant of the APC, in the build-up to the 2023 general elections. She is a businesswoman who is into real estate and education

MRS IMAN SULEIMAN IBRAHIM

Sulaiman-Ibrahim was the director-general (DG) of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) from December 1, 2020, till May 27, 2021, when former President Buhari announced a swap and she was redeployed as the federal commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons. Although she is from Keffi, Nasarawa state, Mrs. Ibrahim was born in Jos, Plateau state, and raised in Abuja, the Nigerian capital city.

SEE FULL LIST BELOW:

1. Abubakar Momoh
2. Amb Yusuf Maitama
3. Architect Ahmad Dangiwa
4. Hanatu Musawa
5. Chief Uche Nnaji
6. Beta Edu
7. Doris Aniche
8. David Umahi
9. Nyesom Wike
10 Mohamed Badaru
11. Nasir El-Rufai
12. Ekperikpe Ekpo
13. Nkiru onyejiocha
14. Olubumi Ojo
15. Stella okotekpe
16. Uju Kennedy
17. Bello Mohammed Goroyo
18. Dele Alake
19. Lateef Fagbemi
20. Mohammed Idris
21. Olawale Edun
22. Adebayo Adelabu
23. Imma Suleiman
24. Ali Pate
25. Joseph Utsev
26. Abubaka kyari
27. John Eno
28. Sani Abubakar Danladi