Buhari’s Ministerial Nominees: Those in, those out

Here is the full list of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees, State by State:

Ikechukwu Oga (Abia)
Mohammed Musa Bello (Adamawa)
Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom)
Chris Ngige (Anambra)
Sharon Ikpeazu (Anambra)
Adamu Adamu (Bauchi)
Maryam Katagum (Bauchi)
Timi Sylva (Bayelsa)
George Akume (Benue)
Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Borno)
Goddy Agba (Cross River)
Festus Keyamo (Delta)
Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi)
Osagie Enakhire (Edo)
Clement Agba (Edo)
Adeniyi Adebayo (Ekiti)
Geofrey Onyeama (Enugu)
Ali Issa Fantami (Gombe)
Emeka Nwajiuba (Imo)
Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa)
Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna)
Mohammed Mahmoud (Kaduna)
Sabo Nanunu (Kano)
Bashir Salihi Magashi (Kano)
Hadi Sirika (Katsina)
Abubakar Malami (Kebbi)
Ahmadu Tijani (Kogi)
Lai Mohammed (Kwara)
Gbemisola Saraki (Kwara)
Raji Fashola (Lagos)
Nimbe Momora (Lagos)
Muhammed Abdullahi (Nasarawa)
Zubeira Dada (Niger)
Olamilekan Adegbite (Ogun)
Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo)
Rauf Aregbesola (Osun)
Sunday Dare (Oyo)
Pauline Tallen (Plateau)
Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers)
Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi (Sokoto)
Saleh Mohammed (Taraba)
Abubakar Aliyu (Yobe)
Sadiya Umar Farouk (Zamfara)

Those not re-appointed

Ministers not re-appointed

Below are some of the key ex-ministers who didn’t make it to the new cabinet.

ABDULRAHAMAN DAMBAZAU

A former chief of army staff, Dambazau was appointed to oversee the ministry of interior in 2015. The 65-year-old retired general is from Kano state.

SOLOMON DALUNG

Appointed minister of youth and sports in 2015, Dalung was a former lecturer at the University of Jos. Prior to the release of the new ministerial list, the 54 year old from Plateau state had boasted that “nobody born of a woman” could stop his reappointment.

UDO UDOMA

Udoma was until May 2019, minister of budget and national planning. Udoma who trained as a lawyer hails from Akwa Ibom state.

ISAAC ADEWOLE

Adewole, a professor of gynecology and obstetrics, was in charge of the ministry of health. A former vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan hails from Osun state. Rauf Aregbesola, a former governor, is the new minister from the state.

OKECHUKWU ENELAMAH

Enelamah, ex-minister industry, trade and investment is a business administrator who had trained as a medical doctor. He hails from Abia state.

EMMANUEL IBE KACHIKWU

Kachikwu was minister of state for petroleum resources. He was appointed minister after a stint as group managing director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

MANSUR DAN ALI

Ali, a retired general, was minister of defence. The 60-year-old indigene of Zamfara joined politics in 2013 upon his retirement from the army.

AUDU OGBEH

Ogbeh was in charge of the ministry of agriculture. Born in 1947, Ogbe hails from Benue state and he would have been the oldest minister in Buhari’s cabinet if he had been reappointed.

ADEBAYO SHITTU

He was minister of communications. Trained as a lawyer, Shittu attempted to be governor of Oyo state but he didn’t get through.

USANI USANI

He was minister of Niger Delta affairs. Born in 1961, Usani was a former chairman of the All progressives Congress (APC) in Cross Rivers state.