Former Governors, Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Ifeanyi Ugwanyi of Enugu state, the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and the immediate past governor of Osun state, Gboyega Oyetola have been nominated as ministers by President Bola Tinubu.
Also, the former Governor of Bauchi state, Isa Yuguda, Senator Kabiru Marafa, Deputy National, North of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abubakar Kyari and Hon. James Faleke are also part of those cleared by the Department of State Security (DSS).
The full list
1. Prof. C. Abraham – Abia State
2. Sen. Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed – Adamawa State
3. Dr Mrs J. Ekanem – Akwa Ibom State
4. Sen. Andy Uba – Anambra State
5. Alhaji Isa Yuguda – Bauchi State
6. Mr Timi Alaibe – Bayelsa State
7. Rt. Hon. E. Jime – Benue State
8. Sen. Abubakar Kyari – Borno State
9. Sen. Ben Ayade – Cross River State
10. Peter Godsday Orubebe – Delta State
11. Julius Ali Ucha – Ebonyi State
12. Mr Lucky Imasuen – Edo State
13. Prince Dayo Adeyeye – Ekiti State
14. Rt. Hon. I. Ugwanyi – Enugu State
15. Alhaji Umar Abdullahi – Gombe State
16. Nnamdi Anyaechie – Imo State
17. Hon. Farouk Aliyu – Jigawa State
18. Muhammad Sani Abdullahi – Kaduna State
19. Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso – Kano State
20. Sen. Abu Ibrahim – Katsina State
21. Atiku Bagudu – Kebbi State
22. Rt. Hon. James Faleke – Kogi State
23. Gbemisola Saraki – Kwara State
24. Mr Olabode Agusto – Lagos State
25. Sen. Tanko Almakura – Nasarawa State
26. Nasko Usman – Niger State
27. Rt. Hon. Olademiji Bankole – Ogun State
28. Dr O. Bamidele – Ondo State
29. Gboyega Oyetola – Osun State
30. Asiwaju M.O. Adebayo – Oyo State
31. Rt. Hon. Simon Lalong – Plateau State
32. E. N Wike – Rivers State
33. Alhaji Musa Adar – Sokoto State
34. Emmanuel Bwacha – Taraba State
35. Bashir Machina – Yobe State (Damaturu)
36. Sen. Kabir Garba Marafa – Zamfara State.
37. Hon. Zakari Dobi – FCT