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Despite widespread calls for reduction in costs of governance, Tinubu appoints 47 ministers - highest since 1999

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President Bola Tinubu has set the record for the highest number of ministerial nominees in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic (1999 to date).

This is five ministerial nominees more than the 42 appointed by former president Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.

A week ago, Tinubu nominated 28 people to be cleared by the senate to be ministers in his cabinet. On Wednesday, the president sent another list of 19 other people, making a total of 47 cabinet members.

In his first term, Buhari named 36 ministers, and 42 ministers during his second term.

Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 named 33 nominees to be ministers in his cabinet — including nine people from the Umar Yar’Adua administration.

In 2007, Yar’Adua named a 39-member cabinet, which included 32 men and seven women.

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo initially named 42 ministers in 1999 but reviewed his cabinet to reduce the number of ministries and ministers to 27 and 40, respectively, before he left office in 2007.

Tinubu has now gone beyond Obasanjo, Yar’Adua and Jonathan to name 47 ministers at one go — setting a new record in the country’s 24-year return to democracy.

This is against the backdrop of widespread calls for reduction in costs of governance in the country.

Here is the list of Tinubu’s 47 ministerial nominees:

S/N

Names

State

Gender

1

Abubakar Momoh

Edo

Male

2

Yusuf Maitama Tuggar

Bauchi

Male

3

Ahmad Dangiwa

Katsina

Male

4

Hanatu Musawa

Kastina

Female

5

Uche Nnaji

Enugu

Male

6

Betta Edu

Cross River

Female

7

Doris Uzoka

Imo

Female

8

David Umahi

Ebonyi

Male

9

Nyesom Wike

Rivers

Male

10

Mohamed Badaru

Jigawa

Male

11

Nasir El-Rufai

Kaduna

Male

12

Ekperikpe Ekpo

Akwa Ibom

Male

13

Nkeiruka Onyejeocha

Abia

Female

14

Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo

Ondo

Male

15

Stella Okotete

Delta

Female

16

Uju Ohanenye

Anambra

Female

17

Bello Mohammed Goronyo

Sokoto

Male

18

Dele Alake

Ekiti

Male

19

Lateef Fagbemi

Kwara

Male

20

Mohammed Idris

Niger

Male

21

Olawale Edun

Ogun

Male

22

Adebayo Adelabu

Oyo

Male

23

Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim

Nasarawa

Female

24

Ali Pate

Bauchi

Male

25

Joseph Utsev

Benue

Male

26

Abubakar Kyari

Borno

Male

27

John Enoh

Cross River

Male

28

Sani Abubakar Danladi

Taraba

Male

29

Ahmed Tijani Gwarzo

Kogi

Male

30

Bosun Tijani

Ogun

Male

31

Maryam Shetty (Shettima)

Kano

Female

32

Ishak Salako

Ogun

Male

33

Tunji Alausa

Lagos

Male

34

Tanko Sununu

Kebbi

Male

35

Adegboyega Oyetola

Osun

Male

36

Atiku Bagudu

Kebbi

Male

37

Bello Matawalle

Zamfara

Male

38

Ibrahim Geidam

Yobe

Male

39

Simon Bako Lalong

Plateau

Male

40

Lola Ade-John

Lagos

Female

41

Shuaibu Abubakar

Adamawa

Male

42

Tahir Mamman

Adamawa

Male

43

Aliyu Sabi

Niger

Male

44

Alkali Ahmed

Gombe

Male

45

Heineken Lokpobiri

Bayelsa

Male

46

Uba Maigari

Taraba

Male

47

Zephaniah Jisalo

FCT

Male

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