LEAKED: El-Rufai, Wike, Betta Edu, 7 others top Tinubu's ministerial list sent to Senate

By Dansu Peter 

The much anticipated ministerial list of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu we have reliably gathered includes the immediate past former Gover of Kaduna State, Nasiru El-Rufai, his Rivers State counterpart Nyesom Wike and eminent medical scholar Ali Pate are on the list of ministerial nominees forwarded to the Senate for screening this morning, News Proof understands. 

According to The Nation Newspaper, also nominated for cabinet positions are legal luminary Lateef Fagbemi (SAN); an economist Olawale Edun, banker Adebayo Adelabu, former Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, All Progressives Congress (APC) Women Leader Mrs. Betta Edu, Senator Ben Ayade and eminent journalist Dele Alake, who is currently the Special Adviser on Media, Strategy and Special Duties.

A Senate source said the President forwarded the list to Senate President Godswill Akpabio this morning, in line with the constitutional provision that the list should get to the National Assembly within 60 days after the presidential inauguration.

The deadline expires this weekend.

Details later