There are strong
indications that the Department of State Service, (DSS) has completed a
screening process for some of the ministerial nominees to make up the cabinet
of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Among the list of
those who were said to have been screened by the DSS are, former presidential
candidate, Prof. Pat Utomi, Femi Falana (SAN), a former Governor of Osun State,
Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a former finance commissioner in Lagos State, Mr. Wale
Edun and Former Managing Director of Nigerian Breweries Limited, Mr. Festus
Odimegwu.
Others in the
list are, Abubakar Malami (SAN), former Chief of Army, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman
Dambazu (retd.); an former chief executive of the Federal Inland Revenue, Mrs.
Ifueko Omoigui-Okaru;.
Ashiwaju.org gathered
from a source very close to the presidency who pleaded anonymity that the
aforementioned nominees had appeared before the DSS for their screening at the
weekend.
However, the
nominees are yet to give any confirmation on the supposed screening which may
not be far-fetched from the fact that appointments of this nature are treated
cautiously in the official circle.
It was gathered
that no fewer than 19 nominees had been so far screened by the DSS operatives
since the exercise started.
Recall that the
President had indicated in a chat with journalists in Accra, Ghana, on Monday
that he would keep his promise of announcing names of his ministers this month.
Our source
revealed that the screening process by the DSS involved conducting background
checks on the careers of the nominees and operatives were also checking for
records of the nominees with anti-graft and security agencies
