General Muhammadu Buhari has submitted to the security
agencies for screening 40 names being considered for ministerial
appointments .
According to Daily Post, the names were submitted by the president-elect about a week ago.
Tinubu, Amaechi, Buhari meet
The Department
of State Services, the Directorate of Military Intelligence and the
National Intelligence Agency are the security agencies screening the
potential ministers.
The names listed by the president-elect
were mostly former PDP men who had defected to the APC, leading people
to question where is the change.
The
names being screened include Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, the former
Osun state governor and ousted PDP national secretary; Chief Bode
Mustapha, the former PDP national auditor; an All Progressives Congress
stalwart from Ogun state; and Engineer Segun Oni, the former Ekiti state
governor and APC deputy national chairman (South West).
Others
are 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
continues with 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 in
Ondo state; Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state; Engineer
Funsho Kupolokun, a 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.
Also
on the list are Isaiah Danjuma, the son of General TY Danjuma from
Taraba state; Dele Momodu, the publisher of Ovation; Kehinde Lawanson, a
former executive director of First Bank; and Chief Bayo Ojo (SAN),
former minister of justice.
The rest of the names will be published when security agencies confirm the names to newsmen.
Buhari
ran on the platform of change but critics have asked whether working
with the old guard even with a new system can guarantee change? If you
agree or disagree with this, leave your comment below.
