Buhari nominates serving lawmaker who dumped APC as minister

Buhari nominates serving lawmaker who dumped APC

One of the newly inaugurated members of the House of Representatives, Emeka Nwajiuba, is among the 43 ministerial nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari, The PUNCH can report.

Nwajiuba, a native of Ehime-Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, is representing Okigwe South federal constituency.

He was elected on the platform of the Accord Party.

President Buhari nominated him to represent Imo State in the 43 names he sent to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan.

Nwajiuba, a former member of the All Progressives Congress, had defected to AP after a running battle with the former governor of his state, Mr Rochas Okorocha.

The lawmaker, a foundation member of the APC, served in the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003, and was said to be the secretary of the Constitution Drafting Committee which produced the document that gave birth to APC.

Although Nwajiuba has yet to announce his defection back to the APC on the floor of the House, his spokesman had said he would return to the party.

Indeed chieftains of the APC in the South-East had endorsed him for the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

To become a minister, he will have to resign his membership of the House of Reps.

See full list of ministerial nominees;

1 .Dr . Ikechukwu Ogah ( Abia State)
2 . Mohammed Musa Bello ( Adamawa State ) reappointed
3 . Godswill Akpabio ( Akwa Ibom State)
4 . Chris Ngige ( Anambra State ) reappointment
5 . Sharon Ikeazor ( Anambra State )
6 .Adamu Adamu ( Bauchi State ) reappointment
7 .Ambassador Maryam Katagun ( Bauchi State)
8 . Timipre Sylva ( Bayelsa State )
9 .George Akume ( Benue State )
10 .Mustapha Baba Shehuri ( Borno State ) reappointment
11 . Goddy Jedy Agba ( Cross River State )
12 .Festus Keyamo ( Delta State)
13 . Ogbonnaya Onu ( Ebonyi State ) reappointment
14 . Osagie Ehanire ( Edo State ) reappointment
15 .Clement Ike ( Edo State )
16 . Richard Adeniyi Adebayo ( Ekiti State )
17 . Geoffrey Onyeama ( Enugu State ) reappointment
18 .Ali Isa Pantami ( Gombe State )
19 . Emeka Nwajiuba ( Imo State)
20 . Suleiman Adamu ( Jigawa State )
21 . Zainab Ahmed ( Kaduna State ) reappointment
22 .Muhammad Mahmood ( Kaduna State )
23 .Sabo Nanono ( Kano State )
24 .Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi ( Kano State )
25 .Hadi Sirika ( Katsina State ) reappointment
26 .Abubakar Malami ( Kebbi State ) reappointment
27 .Ramatu Tijjani ( Kogi State)
28 . Lai Mohammed ( Kwara State )
29 .Gbemisola Saraki ( Kwara State )
30 .Babatunde Fashola ( Lagos State ) reappointment
31 .Adeleke Mamora ( Lagos State )
32 . Mohammed H. Abdullahi ( Nasarawa State )
33 . Zubair Dada ( Niger State )
34 . Olamilekan Adegbite ( Ogun State)
35 . Tayo Alasoadura ( Ondo State )
36 . Rauf Aregbesola ( Osun State )
37 . Sunday Dare ( Oyo State )
38 .Paulen Talen ( Plateau State )
39 . Rotimi Amaechi ( Rivers State )
40 . Maigarai Dingyadi ( Sokoto State )
41 . Sale Mamman ( Taraba State)
42 . Abubakar D . Aliyu ( Yobe State )
43 . Sadiya Umar Faruk ( Zamfara State )