The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday has unveiled another list of President Bola Tinubu ministerial nominees.
The list contains 19 new ministerial nominees, making 47 altogether with the previous 28 earlier submitted.
The new list understood to be second batch was submitted to the senate chamber during plenary on Wednesday by the chief of staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.
In the new list are former Governors Gboyega Oyetola (Osun state), Simon Lalong (Plateau state), Bello Matawalle (Zamfara state) and Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi state).
Gbajabiamila submitted the second list of the ministerial nominees to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at exactly 03:19pm on Wednesday.
The senate president, Godswill Akpabio, after receiving the list read out the names of the new nominees.
The list contains nominees from the remaining states of Adamawa, Bayelsa, Gombe, Kano, Kebbi, Kogi, Lagos, Plateau, Osun, Yobe and Zamfara.
Section 147 (3) of the 1999 Constitution mandates the President to appoint at least one minister from each of the 36 states.
BELOW IS THE FULL LIST:
1. Ahmed Tijjani
2. Bosun Tijjani
3. Dr Maryam Shetti
4. Ishak Salako
5. Tunji Alausa
6. Tanko Sununu
7. Adegboyega Oyetola
8. Atiku Bagudu
9. Bello Matawalle
10. Ibrahim Geidam
11. Simon Bako Lalong
12. Lola Adejo
13. Shuaibu Abubakar
14. Tahir Mamman
15. Aliyu Sabi
16. Alkali Ahmed
17. Heineken Lokpobiri
18. Uba Maigari
19. Zephaniah Jissalo
DAILY GIST recalls that the senate had screened the 28 ministerial nominees earlier submitted by the President on Monday and Tuesday.
