screening 40 names being considered for ministerial appointments .
According to Daily Post, the names were submitted by the
president-elect about a week ago.
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?
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