Three of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirants and former ministers have failed to return to the President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet as he has forwarded seven names of the ministerial nominees to the Senate.
President Buhari is seeking the confirmation of the nominees to replace those who earlier resigned ahead of the party primaries.
The names were contained in a letter read by the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawal on Tuesday.
The nominees are Henry Iko (Abia State), Umana Umana, (Akwa Ibom), Ekuma Joseph, (Ebonyi), Goodluck Opiah, (Imo), Umar El-Yakub, (Kano), Ademola Adegoroye, (Ondo( and Odum Odi, (River State).
It would be recalled that Ministers of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio; Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development and the Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Tayo Alasoadura resigned few weeks to the APC Special convention to pursue their presidential ambitions.
The ministerial nominees are expected to replace those who resigned from the cabinet after they must have been screened and confirmed by the senate.
