My nomination came as a surprise – Fayemi

The delay did not matter at all. “I mean they are only doing their job with all sincerity”, he concluded.

“The Senators of the PDP are united and they have taken a stand on the ministerial screening”.

Speaking to pressmen at the end of plenary, Chairman, Senate ad hoc Committee on Media and Publicity, Dino Melaye, said the upper chamber at its closed session agreed on hurdles to be scaled by the nominees before their eventual clearance.

“We are rest assured that he will bring the same spirit to bare in steering the wheel of the change agenda to the satisfaction of the President and to the applause of Nigerians”, Olatunbosun said.

Most of the people who appeared on the list could be selected a day after winning the election.

Hussaini Umar (nurse): The first list of the ministers will calm agitations for fair representation.

The senator who once represented Ebonyi Central at the National Assembly, Senator Emmanuel Onwe, pooh-poohed the list, insisting that the President short-changed the South-East.

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday warned there was no longer any hiding place for the corrupt, as he hailed British and Swiss support for the recovery of stolen public funds.

The first official meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the leaders of both houses of the National Assembly held at the Aso Rock presidential villa, Wednesday. The list of the remaining nominees will follow shortly. “Let us properly sift the grains from the chaff and separate the sheep from the goats before we trust anyone with ministerial appointments”. “We are waiting to see how they will come out of this”. Forming a cabinet without those who suffered for the party may affect the party’s electoral fortunes in future.

“Anyway, the wait is over”, the president told Nigerians. He also said his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu did not attend the meeting because he was attending a conference outside the country. This perhaps explains President Buhari’s determination to personally manage Nigeria’s oil sector. We must change our lawless habits…

Monday Ajoro (commercial driver): I have no issues with Buhari’s ministerial nominees because they must have been selected after due security checks and scrutiny by the president. We are committed to work together and it is going to be for the good of Nigerians at large.

Umar Ya’u (teacher): There is no surprise at all.

Also contributing, Senator Peter Nwaboshi, PDP, Delta North said: “It’s not worth it. You can understand that it’s not worth the waiting, recycling of old hands!” However there are a few political calculations so as to appease the Igbos who have claimed marginalisation. But I think we must be ready to accept that for a while. It shouldn’t be a “take a bow” affair at the Senate. Babatunde is known for rehabilitating Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city of 20 million, and making Lagos state financially independent through local tax collection, while Dambazau is an experienced army chief. Senate consideration of the twenty-one will start only next week, and Buhari still has to submit additional lists of nominees.

It’s too early to draw a conclusion on this issue since the ministerial list is incomplete. The petition against him was an indictment on his person. At a time when he had the control of the party in the state, this man deliberately refused to aspire to become a governor of Jigawa State. I hope they would live up to expectations.

Muhammed Rabiu (tricyclist): I am happy because the delay was not in vain.

“It’s a convention by the Senate, and we have chose to uphold that convention in the sanctity of the integrity of the Senate”.