The names of the 45 Nigerians, according to a highly reliable source, were sent to the security agencies for necessary security checks few days ago-security agencies are presently screening the names of about 45 Nigerians who are being proposed as members of the cabinet under the incoming government of General Muhammadu Buhari.
The names of the 45 Nigerians, according to a highly reliable source, were sent to the security agencies for necessary security checks few days ago. The security agencies carrying out the checks are the Department of State Services, the Directorate of Military Intelligence and the National Intelligence Agency.
The names, according to the source, include those of Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, former Osun State governor and erstwhile PDP National Secretary; Chief Bode Mustapha, former PDP National Auditor; an All Progressives Congress stalwart from Ogun State; and Engineer Segun Oni, former Ekiti State governor and APC Deputy National Chairman (South West).
Others include Dr Kayode Fayemi, the immediate past governor of Ekiti State; Dr. Abba Ruma, a former Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources; and Chief Kanu Agabi, a former Minister of Justice. The list also includes Donald Duke, a former Governor of Cross River State; Governor Raji Fashola of Lagos State; and Yinka Folashade Oredola, a pharmacist from Ondo State,.
Others on the list are Rotimi Akeredolu, a former gubernatorial candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, one of the parties that came together to form the APC in Ondo State; Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State; Engineer Funsho Kupolokun, former Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation; Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwanso of Kano State; and Bisola Adegbenro, a Senator-elect from Ogun State.
The rest are Isaiah Danjuma, son of General TY Danjuma from Taraba State; Dele Momodu, Publisher of Ovation; Kehinde Lawanson, a former Executive Director of First Bank; and Chief Bayo Ojo (SAN), former Minster of Justice.The handing over ceremony between President Goodluck Jonathan and President-elect General Buhari will take place on March 28 and 29.
