By Suleiman Adamu
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally forwarded the list of ministerial nominees to Senate for confirmation with the opposition People Democratic Party (PDP) describing it as colourless, stagnant, uninspiring and do not convey any sense of hope or purposeful governance.
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There are 43 nominees by the President.
On the list announced by Senate President Ahmed Lawan is former ministers Babatunde Fashola, Rotimi Amaechi and Ogbonnaya Onu.
Also on the list are former Governors Rauf Aregbesola of Osun, George Akume of Benue and Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State.
Senator Godswill Akpabio, a former Governor of Akwa Ibom, also made the list.
See below the full list of the nominees
1.Dr. Ikechukwu Ogah
2. Mohammed Musa Bello
3. Godswill Akpabio
4. Chris Ngige
5. Sharon Ikeazor
6.Adamu Adamu
7.Ambassador Maryam Katagun
8. Timipre Sylva
9.George Akume
10.Mustapha Baba Shehuri
11. Goddy Jedy Agba
12.Festus Keyamo
13. Ogbonnaya Onu
14. Osagie Ehanire
15.Clement Ike
16. Richard Adeniyi Adebayo
17. Geoffrey Onyeama
18. Ali Isa Pantami
19. Emeka Nwajiuba
20. Suleiman Adamu
21. Zainab Ahmed
22.Muhammad Mahmood
23.Sabo Nanono
24.Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi
25.Hadi Sirika (Katsina)
26.Abubakar Malami
27.Ramatu Tijjani
28. Lai Mohammed
29. Gbemisola Saraki
30. Babatunde Fashola
31. Adeleke Mamora
32. Mohammed H. Abdullahi
33. Zubair Dada
34. Olamilekan Adegbite
35. Tayo Alasoadura
36. Rauf Aregbesola
37. Sunday Dare
38. Talen
39. Rotimi Amaechi
40. Maigarai Dingyadi
41. Sale Mamman
42. Abubakar D. Aliyu
43. Sadiya Umar Faruk
The PDP stated in a press release that to the chagrin and utter disappointment of Nigerians, the list is replete with incompetent individuals who failed in their erstwhile ministerial assignments and left their ministries in a shambles.
According to the party, “indeed, such a ministerial list can only come from a leadership that does not have mandate of the people. It is a complete waste of time and cannot fulfill the expectation of Nigerians”.
The PDP insists that the list has further shown President Buhari and APC’s insensitivity and disdain for Nigerians and that it does not, in any way, reflect their hope and eagerness for a better Nigeria.
The party further stated that, “in recycling failed yesterday’s men for today’s assignment, President Buhari and the APC have left no one in doubt that they have no vision to move our nation out of the economic and security predicaments into which they have plunged us in the last four years”.
The PDP said a committed and responsive leadership would have widely consulted with Nigerians before compiling a ministerial list, given the current situation in the country.
The party reasoned that if, indeed, President Buhari and the APC mean well for Nigerians and are interested in revamping our critical sectors, they would not have ended up with a list of those who will help conceal the huge corruption in the Buhari administration in the last four years, as well as those who will assist in channeling funds to individuals and groups used by the APC to rig the 2019 presidential election.
The PDP added that the list, strangely, has no space for the youths demography, those to whom the future is said to belong.
The PDP declared that with this development, it is clear that the only way Nigeria can come out of the present economic and security quandary lies in the “retrieval of Atiku Abubakar’s stolen Presidential mandate” at the tribunal.
“That is the way our citizens will enjoy the benefit of having an array of highly qualified and patriotic Nigerians as ministers to move the nation forward,” the party concluded.
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