Indications suggests that barring any unforeseen development,
President Muhammadu Buhari, may possibly announce his ministerial list
between Monday, June 15 and Wednesday, June 17.
Buhari, had reportedly delayed the ministerial list until after the inauguration of the 8th National Assembly.
Now that the inauguration has been concluded, it is believed that the
list may be sent to the National Assembly which had formally resumed
duties last week Tuesday.
According to Vanguard, the number of the Ministers to be appointed by
Buhari may not exceed the constitutional stipulation of 36 which means
that each of the 36 States of the federation would produce one minister.
The President is also expected to as of next week, make some other
key appointments, which includes the Secretary to Government of the
Federation.
A couple of people expected to make the list of Ministers are the
immediate past governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola who may be
appointed the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of the
Federation, as well as former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. John Kayode
Fayemi.
Also, a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Abdurrahman Dambazau
(retd) may get a security appointment and play a key part in Buhari’s
administration.
Dambazau headed the Security and Intelligence Directorate of the APC
Presidential Campaign Council while Fayemi headed that of Policy,
Research and Strategy.
Fashola recently accompanied Buhari to the meeting G7 nations, in Germany.