President Bola Tinubu has finally sent a list of 28 ministerial nominees to the national assembly for screening.
This is in an attempt to beat the 60-day deadline set by the Constitution.
Politics Nigeria reports that according to section 147(3) of the 1999 constitution, as amended, the “President shall appoint at least one Minister from each State, who shall be an indigene of such State.”
However, analysis indicates that 11 states still need to have ministerial nominees for now.
Based on an analysis of the list sent by the president, Katsina, Cross River, and Bauchi states have two ministerial nominees, while 11 states do not have any for now.
The eleven states are:
Adamawa,
Bayelsa
Gombe
Kano
Kebbi
Kogi
Plateau
Lagos
Osun
Yobe
Zamfara.
Female ministerial nominees who are married often take their home state, except Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who was nominated for Abia state (her husband’s state) in 2003.
It is expected that President Tinubu will send a supplementary list to the Senate to meet necessary constitutional requirements.
