With 47 nominees, Tinubu sets new record for highest number of ‘ministers’ since ’99

August 2, 2023 8:15 pm

Former President Muhammadu Buhari hands over to President Bola Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has set the record for the highest number of ministerial nominees in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic (1999 to date).

This is five ministerial nominees more than the 42 appointed by former president Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.

A week ago, Tinubu nominated 28 people to be cleared by the senate to be ministers in his cabinet. On Wednesday, the president sent another list of 19 other people, making a total of 47 cabinet members.

In his first coming, President Muhammadu Buhari named 36 ministers, and 42 ministers during his second term.

Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 named 33 nominees to be ministers in his cabinet — including nine people from the Umar Yar’Adua administration.

In 2007, Yar’Adua named a 39-member cabinet, which included 32 men and seven women.

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo initially named 42 ministers in 1999 but reviewed his cabinet to reduce the number of ministries and ministers to 27 and 40, respectively, before he left office in 2007.

Tinubu has now gone beyond Obasanjo, Yar’Adua and Jonathan to name 47 ministers at one go — setting a new record in the country’s 24-year return to democracy.

Here is a list of Tinubu’s 47 ministerial nominees:

S/N	Names	State	Gender
1	Abubakar Momoh	Edo	Male
2	Yusuf Maitama Tuggar	Bauchi	Male
3	Ahmad Dangiwa	Katsina	Male
4	Hanatu Musawa	Kastina	Female
5	Uche Nnaji	Enugu	Male
6	Betta Edu	Cross River	Female
7	Doris Uzoka	Imo	Female
8	David Umahi	Ebonyi	Male
9	Nyesom Wike	Rivers	Male
10	Mohamed Badaru	Jigawa	Male
11	Nasir El-Rufai	Kaduna	Male
12	Ekperikpe Ekpo	Akwa Ibom	Male
13	Nkeiruka Onyejeocha	Abia	Female
14	Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo	Ondo	Male
15	Stella Okotete	Delta	Female
16	Uju Ohanenye	Anambra	Female
17	Bello Mohammed Goronyo	Sokoto	Male
18	Dele Alake	Ekiti	Male
19	Lateef Fagbemi	Kwara	Male
20	Mohammed Idris	Niger	Male
21	Olawale Edun	Ogun	Male
22	Adebayo Adelabu	Oyo	Male
23	Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim	Nasarawa	Female
24	Ali Pate	Bauchi	Male
25	Joseph Utsev	Benue	Male
26	Abubakar Kyari	Borno	Male
27	John Enoh	Cross River	Male
28	Sani Abubakar Danladi	Taraba	Male
29	Ahmed Tijani Gwarzo	Kogi	Male
30	Bosun Tijani	Ogun	Male
31	Maryam Shetty (Shettima)	Kano	Female
32	Ishak Salako	Ogun	Male
33	Tunji Alausa	Lagos	Male
34	Tanko Sununu	Kebbi	Male
35	Adegboyega Oyetola	Osun	Male
36	Atiku Bagudu	Kebbi	Male
37	Bello Matawalle	Zamfara	Male
38	Ibrahim Geidam	Yobe	Male
39	Simon Bako Lalong	Plateau	Male
40	Lola Ade-John	Lagos	Female
41	Shuaibu Abubakar	Adamawa	Male
42	Tahir Mamman	Adamawa	Male
43	Aliyu Sabi	Niger	Male
44	Alkali Ahmed	Gombe	Male
45	Heineken Lokpobiri	Bayelsa	Male
46	Uba Maigari	Taraba	Male
47	Zephaniah Jisalo	FCT	Male