Utomi, Odumegwu in, Fashola ,Amaechi out of Buhari’s Ministerial List

President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list is expected to drop before the end of this month and it has turned out to be the most anticipated list ever. Indication emerged over the weekend that a former Managing Director of Nigerian Breweries Limited, Mr. Festus Odumegwu and a former presidential candidate, Prof. Pat Utomi are top among the list cut out to head ministries in the administration.
Punch reports that their names have been screened by the Department of State Services.

Notable names that were not on the list included names  like immediate past governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola and APC Presidential Campaign Director during the last election, Rotimi Amaechi who have been rumoured will be compensated with Ministerial appointments for their support during the election.

According to the report, those already said to have been screened as nominees for President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet also include a former Governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola; a Lagos-lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), and Ifueko Omogui-Okauru.

Also on the list are a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazu (retd.); an ex-chief executive of the Federal Inland Revenue, Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okaru; a former finance commissioner in Lagos State, Mr. Wale Edun; and a former National Legal Adviser to the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, Abubakar Malami (SAN).

It was gathered that the screening of the nominees had been concluded on Friday.