The Senate president, Mr. David Mark, read out the names on the list of ministerial nominees. In the list, the name of Nigeria's World Bank Managing Director and former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the name of the former PDTF Executive Director, Yusuff Abubakar Mairago were missing. However, the Deputy Chairman of the People's Democratic Party, Bello Mohammed Haliru, and the party chieftain who was involved in the Siemens bribe scandal in 2007 remained on the new list.
Here is the full list of ministerial nominees as read on Senate floor by Senate President David Mark:
1. Emeka Nwogu – Abia
2. Bala Mohammed – Bauchi
3. Diezeani Allison-Madueke – Bayelsa
4. Elder Godsday Orubebe - Delta
5. Onyebuchi Chukwu - Ebonyi
6. Cpt. Caleb Olubolade - Ekiti
7. Prof. Rukayat Rufai - Jigawa
8. Alhaji Shamsideen Usman - Kano
9. Mohammed Musa Saa'da - Katsina
10. Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN - Kogi
11. Olusegun Aganga - Lagos
12. Laraban Maku - Nassarwa
13. Yusuf Suleiman - Sokoto
14. Obadiah Ando - Taraba
15. Zainab Maina - Adamawa
16. Prof. Ita Okon Bassey - Akwa Ibom
17. Stella Odua-Ogienwonyi - Anambra
18. Comrade Abba Moro - Benue
19. Samuel Otom - Benue
20. Alhaji Bukar Tijani - Bornu
21. Mike Onomememen - Edo
22. Prof. Barth Nnaji - Enugu
23. Sen. Idris Umar - Gombe
24. Prof. (Mrs.) Viola Onwuliri – Imo
25. Mohammed Bello – Kebbi
26. Bolaji Abdullahi - Kwara
27. Asiru Olugbenga - Ogun
28. Ayo Akinwumi Adesina - Ogun
29. Erelu Olusola Obada - Osun
30. Erelu Olajumoke Akinjide - Oyo
31. Tonye Cole - Rivers
32. Yerima Lawal Ngama - Yobe
33. Amb. Bashiru Yuguda - Zamfara
34. Hajiya Zainab Ibrahim Kuchi - Niger
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala name missing? l am waiting to know who would be the next minister of finance.
l wonder why Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a lady of vast experience, name is missing on the list, while the name of Bello Mohammed Haliru, who was involved in the Siemens bribe scandal in 2007 remained on the list.
That's Nigeria for you. Politics at play!