Past Ministers To Return As Buhari Finalises Ministerial List

Emmanuel AmudaJuly 1, 2019

0 1 minute read

President Muhammadu Buhari may submit his cabinet list to the Senate, this week, as senators resume sitting on Tuesday, July 2.

According to the report, some immediate past ministers are set for a return to the Federal Executive Council.

Presidency sources quoted in the report said a number of former cabinet members would make the list.

The cabinet list, according to one of the source, will reach the Senate, barely one month after President Buhari’s inauguration; to give senators ample time to screen the nominees before they commence on summer break on Friday, June 26.

Buhari had, on Monday, May 6, upon his arrival from London, where he spent 10 days on a private visit, said he would not disclose those who will be part of his cabinet in his second term to anyone yet.

President Buhari, however, in a special interview aired on NTA, on Tuesday, May 28, said he may retain some ministers, as his first term wound down.

Some names said to have been considered, in Plateau state, are Mr. Solomon Dalung, immediate past minister of youth and sports.

From Kebbi state, it was gathered that Mr. Abubakar Malami, immediate past attorney general of the federation and minister of justice, who is one of the five members of the kitchen cabinet of the president, is likely to be re-appointed back.

There were hints that President Buhari may retain Mr. Hadi Sirika, the immediate past minister of state for aviation, who is from his home state of Katsina.

Also, Adamawa state’s representative in the last cabinet and immediate past minister of the FCT, Mr. Mohammed Musa Bello, may make the list, as the factors that necessitated his appointment earlier have not changed.

The two female ministers representing Kaduna and Sokoto states are believed to have got favourable consideration for the new cabinet. There are similarities in the factors which necessitated the appointment of the FCT minister and the two female ministers.

Immediate past minister of Interior, Lieutenant General Abdulrahman Dambazau, from Kano state, who is a strong political associate of President Buhari, may also have made the list.