Former Gov's Fashola And Amaechi Make's Ministerial List Finally.

The President, Gen Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd) have named the spokesman of the ruling party (APC) All Progressives Congress, Lai Mohammed, former governors Chibuike Amaechi and Babatunde Fashola, as ministers, the Senate president Bukola Saraki announced today.

The Senate president, who is still facing heat from the court read out 21 names on the list of nominees sent to the senate by the president last Wednesday.

The much awaited list also has Abubakar Malami, former defence chief Abdurahman Dambazzau, former governorship candidate in Taraba state, Aisha Alhassan, Adebayo Shittu, former senator, Udo Udoma and Ibrahim Jibril.

Others who made it into the list includes; Suleiman Adamu, former senator, Chris Nigige, Kemi Adeosun, Ahmed Ibeto and Hadi Sirika, former PDP chairman, Audu Ogbeh.

The list also has a one time governor of Anambra state, Ogbonnaya Onu, an NNPC boss Ibeh kachikwu, Amina Mohammed, Solomon Dalong, Suleaiman Adamu, and former Ekiti governor, Kayode Fayemi.

According to the senate president, the screening of the 21 ministerial nominees will begin next Tuesday when the Senate would have received the resume's and other documentations of the nominees.

The Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, commended Mr. Buhari for ensuring the list did not exceed September 30 as promised.

He however asked “when should we be expecting the remaining list”.

Responding, Mr. Saraki said, the President in his letter had said he would forward the remaining names shortly.

There are mix reactions among Nigerians concerning the release of the list, especially the women folk are not very comfortable with the list as there are just three (3) women so far on the list. We hope Mr. President will look at that and make the corrections to balance up the gender difference, as the women contributed a lot to the emergence of this administration.