Knowing Brief Profiles Of President Tinubu’s 28 Ministerial Nominees

 

1. Mohammed Idris
   Mohammed Idris is a publisher, public relations professional, and politician. He is the founder/chairman and publisher of Abuja based Blueprint newspaper. He is also the chairman of Abuja based Kings Broadcasting Limited, owners of WE 106.5 FM Abuja, Nigeria.
   He holds a Masters degree from Bayero University, Kano state and a Bachelor’s degree in English, obtained from Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto state.
   He was born in Gbako, Niger State in May 1966. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress. APC
2. Amb. Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, CON
   Amb. Tuggar, is a former member of the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011, representing Gamawa Federal Constituency of Bauchi State. After two unsuccessful attempts at the governorship of the state, he was appointed Ambassador to Germany by President Mohammadu Buhari since 2017.

Born on 12 March in 1967, Tuggar holds a Bachelor’s degree in international relations from United States International University and a Masters degree in the same field from University of Cambridge England. He is a member of the APC.

3. Arch. Ahmed Dangiwa
   Ahmad Musa Dangiwa was until his nomination as a the minister, the Managing Director Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria. He is one alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University where he obtained his Bachelor and masters degrees in architecture as well as an NBA.

He is an alumnus of Wharton University Pennsylvania, U.S.A. The one- Secretary to Katsina State government is a member of the APC
He contested for the APC ticket for the 2023 Governorship election in Katsina State during the APC primary election in May 2022. He has 30 years working experience in real estate, infrastructure development, banking and management in the private and public sector.

4. Barr. Hannatu Musa Musawa
   43 year -old Hannatu Musa Musawa is the daughter of veteran Katsina politician, Musa Musa was and a lawyer, politician and author.

Taking after her father, she is actively involved in politics and was the deputy spokesperson and Deputy Director Public Affairs of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during electioneering in 2023.

She was also the secretary screening committee of the APC for the presidential aspirants.

She holds a degree in Law from the University of Buckingham, UK, a Master’s degree in the Legal aspects of Marine Affairs from the University of Cardiff, Wales as well as a Master’s degree in Oil & Gas from the University of Aberdeen.

5. Chief Uche Nnaji
   Chief Uche Nnaji was an active member of the Alliance for Democracy, AD alongside President Bola Tinubu at the birth of multi – party democracy in 1998. He reportedly won the senatorial ticket of the party in 1999 but had to step down for Chief Jim Nwobodo, who was eventually elected senator for the senatorial district. He later joined the Peoples Democratic Party before recently defecting to the governing All Progressive Congress on whose platform he contested the governorship in Enugu State.
   Nnaji hails from Akpugo in Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state.
6. Dr. Betta Edu
   Dr. Edu caught public attention during the pre- election appearance of Tinubu at the Chattam House, London where the 37 year- old was introduced as Woman Leader of the APC.
   Born on 27th of October 1986, in Ibalebo village in Abi local government Area, Cross River State, the graduate of medicine and surgery from the University of Calabar and a Harvard certified Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, United Kingdom, is a former Commissioner for Health in Cross River State and National Chairman of Nigeria Health Commissioners Forum.

In 2022, she emerged as the youngest female to become the National Women Leader of the APC.

7. Dr. Dorris Aniche Uzoka
   Dr. Anite is a versatile person who qualified as a medical doctor but also holds a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) charter, specializing in Financial Risk Management and Portfolio Management, which enabled her to make a career shift in 2002 to the banking industry, where she rose to become the General Manager of Zenith Bank Plc and later becoming the youngest commissioner in Governor, Hope Uzodinma’s administration in Imo State.
8. Ex-Governor David Umahi
   Until his ministerial nomination, Umahi was a first time Senator in the 10the Senate after serving out a two-term tenure as Governor of Ebonyi State between 2015 and 2023, first on the platform of the PDP and later the APC to which he defected in November 19, 2020.

He participated in the APC presidential primaries where he polled 38 votes to come a distant sixth in the election won by President Bola Tinubu. He was born in July, 25 1963.

9. Ex-Governor Nyesom Wike
   Nyesom Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers State, is a former Minister of Education under President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

He was also a two-time Chairman of Obio Akpor Local Government Area from in Rivers State from 1999 to 2007.

Born on December 13,1967,Wike obtained his Bachelor of Law from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology before proceeding to Law School in 1997. He is member of the PDP.

10. Ex-Governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar
    Former Jigawa state governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar from 2015 to 2023 is an alumnus of Ahmad U Bello University, where he obtained a B.Sc in Accounting.

Badaru is also an alumnus of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru.

Born on 19 September 1962, Badaru is the Chairman, Presidential Committee on Fertilizer and also the Chairman, Presidential Committee on Non oil Revenue as well as Talamiz group of industries.

11. Ex-Governor Nasir El-Rufai
    Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past two- term Governor of Kaduna State on the platform of APC is a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja from 2003 to 2007 and a founding member of the ruling APC.
    He served as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory from 2003 to 2007 and played a significant role in restructuring the capital city.

Born in February 16, 1960, el-Rufai is a first-class graduate of Quantity Surveying from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

12. Hon.Ekperikpe Ekpo is a former member of the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011 and a former Council Chairman in Akwa Ibom state . He was Senatorial candidate of APC for Akwa Ibom West in the just concluded election.

Ekpo who is the Director general of Akwa ibom Democratic Forum (ADF), is also a prominent chieftain of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) in his home state.

13. Nkeiruka Chidubem Onyejocha, is a former Commissioner for Resource Management and Manpower Development in Abia in 2003 before serving as federal lawmaker, representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, where she was Deputy Chief Whip.

Born on 23rd of November 1969, Onyejocha graduated from University of Nigeria, Nnsuka, UNN with a diploma in Social Work/Community Development and a Bachelor of Art Degree, BA in 1993, a Master’s Degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy from Imo State University in 2005 and Master’s Degree in Shipping from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Oyo State.

14. Hon. Olubunmi Tunji Ojo
    Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, is a lawmaker from the Akoko North East/Akoko North West Federal Constituency of Ondo State.
    In 1999.

Born on May 2, 1982, he holds a BSc my Electronics and Communication Engineering and Master’s degree in Digital Communication and Networking from London Metropolitan University in 2005 and 2006, respectively.

He holds certifications in eighteen professional qualifications in ICT including the prestigious title of being one of the first set of certified ethical hackers from Royal Britannia IT Training Academy in the United Kingdom.

15. Stella Oketete
    Hon. Stella Okotete holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies and Diplomacy from Benson Idahosa University, a Diploma in Law from the Rivers State College of Arts and Sciences and a Master’s degree in Public Administration and Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution.

She wields influential within the All Progressives Congress (APC), where she was the National Women Leader of the APC Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC).

Okotete was also appointed as the Executive Director, Business Development, Nigeria Export-Impor (NEXIM) Bank in 2017. Between 2011 and 2015, she served as the Special Assistant and Adviser to the Executive Governor of Delta State on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

16. Bello Muhammad Goronyo
    Bello Muhammad-Goronyo was a former Commissioner for Information in Sokoto State during the tenure of Governor Aminu Tambuwal before he defected from the ruling PDP to the opposition APC.
17. Hon. Uju Kennedy Ohanenye
    Kennedy-Ohanenye is a businesswoman with stakes in real estate and education who cut a name for herself when she participated in the APC ‘s presidential primary on July 8 2022. She however steeped down for Tinubu alongside some others.
18. Dele Alake
    Henry Dele Alake is currently the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy.

A former Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos State under the government of Bola Ahmed Tinubu between 1999 and 2007, Alake is an alumnus of the University of Lagos where he read Political Science. He worked as Editor of the now defunct National Concord from 1995 to June 1999.

Alake is a former vice President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors as well as a member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the West African Union of Journalists.

19. Lateef Fagbemi SAN
    Lateef Fagbemi is a Senior Advocate of Nigerian (SAN) and a Jurist who has made a significant contribution to the development of Law and Justice in Nigeria. He was called to the bar in 1984. He was born on June 22, 1956 in Ijagbo, Kwara State, Nigeria.
20. Olawale Edun
    Olawale Edun is a seasoned financial expert with extensive experience in the banking sector.

Edun served as the Honourable Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State during the two- term governorship of Tinubu from 1999 to 2007.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics at the University of London and a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Sussex, England.

He is also the Chairman of the Livewell Initiative, a health sector Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), and a Trustee of Sisters Unite for Children, an NGO that helps children in need.

21. Adebayo Adelabu
    Adebayo Adelabu is a former Deputy Governor, Operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria and 2019 Oyo State governorship candidate for the Accord Party.

Born on 28th of September 1970, Adelabu received a first class degree in Accounting from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and an Associate Member of the Institute of Directors of Nigeria and the United Kingdom.

Adebayo was appointed by former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in February 2014 as Deputy Governor, Operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

22. Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim
    Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim was formerly the director-general of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) from 1 December 2020 till 27 May 2021, when former President, Muhammadu Buhari announced a swap and she was redeployed as the Honourable Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons.
    He is an alumnus of the University of Abuja with a degree in sociology, two master’s degrees from Webster University, an MBA and MA.
    She hails from Keffi, Nasarawa State.
23. Prof. Ali Pate
    Muhammad Ali Pate is a physician and a Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard University. He graduated from Ahmadu Bello University College of Medicine.
    He formerly served as the Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population and Director of the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF) at the World Bank Group.

Pate was also the former Minister of State for Health in Nigeria.
Pate was born in the Misau local government area of Bauchi State in Nigeria on 6th September 1968.

24. Prof. Joseph Userve
    Professor Joseph Terlumun Utsev is a civil engineer and former Rector of federal polytechnic, Wanune, Tarka LGA of Benue state.
    He was an associate Professor at the University of Agriculture, Makurdi.
    Utsev, from Buruku LGA, was a commissioner in the Samuel Ortom government. He is Tiv, the dominant ethnic group in Benue state.
25. Senator Abubakar Kyari
    Abubakar Kyari is the acting national chairman of the ruling Party of the All Progressives Congress.

Also, he is a former senator representing Borno North Senatorial District of Borno State at the 9th National Assembly from 2015 until his resignation in April 2022.

Kyari was born in Borno State on 15 January 1963 to the late Brigadier Abba Kyari, a former military administrator of North Central from 1967 to 1975.

He attended the University of Tennessee Martin in USA where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in 1986 and in 1989, a Masters in Business Administration (MBA, from Webster University, St Louis Missouri, USA.

26. Senator John Enoh
    Sen. Enoh was a Senator in 2015 representing Central Senatorial District of Cross River State in the 8th Assembly of the Senate on the platform the People’s Democratic Party ,PDP. In May 2017 when he defected to the ruling All progressive Congress (APC) and contested for governorship and lost to ex- governor Ben Ayade.
27. Sani Abubakar Danladi
    Sani Abubakar Danladi was former Acting Governor and Deputy Governor of Taraba State. He also served as the Senator representing Taraba North Senatorial Zone on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party before he was impeached and then defected to the APC on whose platform he contested and lost the governorship in 2019.
    He was born on May 20, 1967, in Bachama, Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State.
28. Engineer Abubakar Momoh.
    Engr. Momoh is a two- time member of the House of Representatives from Etsako East Federal constituency of Edo state.

In 2018 he took a gamble and defected from the APC to PDP and contested and lost the Senatorial seat for Etsako East.
He is a Civil engineer by professional training. He promptly retraced his steps to the APC.