Chief Amos Gizo

President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu must filter all that he gets as lists of nominees for appointment on a screen of truth and take only credible people that Nigerians would readily identify with. He must avoid a number of people considered as party faithful who will be presented to him for appointment as either ministers or heads of government agencies because they have been compromised.


In the month of March, which wrapped up the 2023 general elections with the governorship and state assembly polls, the country has been drenched in a national debate over who should make the list of the yet-to-be-constituted cabinet of president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This is gradually culminating in an intrepid confrontation among stakeholders of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) and some analysts who, as usual, have started setting agenda for the incoming government.

It is the month of March, which literally made it instructive for the incoming Tinubu presidency, as party stakeholders are already engaged in intense lobbying for key positions in government, including ministerial and other juicy appointments. This, no doubt, is healthy for any democracy.

However ,chief (Dr) Amos Gizo from plateau state , sen. Tanko Al-makura of Nasarawa state,Air marshall Sadique  Abubakar of Bauchi state and Sen.George Akuma of Benue state are major contenders for the  position of ministers of the Federal republic of  Nigeria just as the names of other close and trusted political allys are being speculated from across the nation.

But the lingering impression of a presidency will be largely determined by the selection of cabinet members. Most of the men and women often chosen as cabinet members are personally known to the president. Some are among his closest friends, while others have just finished running his campaign. All have reputations that are easy to check out. Besides, the historical record shows that the president is given considerable latitude by the public, the press, and even the legislature.

Ironically, while these high-profile appointments are the easiest every new president would ever make, personnel mistakes, sometimes serious errors, have plagued them even before they actually take office. These lessons should be heeded early in the transition process if the president-elect must avoid the accusation of drifting from his own campaign promises.

No doubt, Tinubu’s table may have been already jam-packed with memos and lists of names of persons considered as qualified for appointments from states, zones, regions and even individual party bigwigs.

These are selfless and charismatic personalities,who since there political surgeon have constantly identified with the president elect,from AD,ACD to, ACN and to APC.They have served the party in various  capacities.
The composition of his cabinet should be all-inclusive and fairly distributed across the Geopolitical Zones, with high sensitivity on religious consideration(s). It is not a hidden fact that, the President-elect, His Excellency, Sen. Bola Tinubu, and his Vice, Dr. Kashim Shettima, are both of the same faith. 
This combination has attracted so much comments and criticism within the political space and in reference to this, the president -elect is advised  to follow sue with president Obasanjo in appointing his cabinet, being from the South West and his Vice president from North East, the SGF was from South south, Senate president from South East, Speaker from North West and the chairman from North Central.

If this is followed and not minding selfish players , this will bring an immediate reconciliation and the perceive mistrust will definitely disappear.

The following make the long expected ministerial list ;


Bello matawalle-Zamfara

Kabir Marafa-Zamfara
 


Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar-Bauchi


Abubakar kari-Gombe


Nuhu Ribadu-Adamawa


Emmanuel Bwacha-Taraba


Tanko Almakura -Nasarawa 


George Akume- Benue 


Aisha Dahiru Ahmed -Adamawa


Aminu Aminu -Jigawa


Abu Kyari -Borno

Amos Gizo -Plateau

Ganduje-Kano

Ben Ayade- Cross River

Kayode Fayemi-Ekiti

 Hadiza Bala Usman- Kaduna

Ibikunle Amosun-Ogun

Gboyega Oyetola -Osun
Nyesom Wide -Rivers

Atiku Bagudu- Kebbi

Gen. Danbazau- Kano

Ibrahim Masari -katsina 

Ben Ayade- Cross River

Festus Keyamo-Delta

Babatunde Fashola -Lagos.