President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list contains a number of familiar All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders such as Babatunde Fashola, former governor of Lagos state, and Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers state.

Also nominated to be minister is Lai Mohammed, national publicity secretary of the ruling party, and Kayode Fayemi, who lost his Ekiti governorship re-election bid in 2014 to Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

From the south-east are the likes of Chris Ngige, former governor of Anambra state and former senator of the federal republic; and Ogbonnaya Onu, first executive governor of Abia state and former national chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), on whose ticket Buhari contested and lost the 2003 and 2007 presidential elections.

President Buhari also nominated for ministerial appointment, Aisha Alhassan (Mama Taraba) who was on the brink of becoming the first elected female governor before eventually losing the Taraba state governorship election to Darius Ishiaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

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