President Muhammadu Buhari submitted his list of cabinet nominees to the upper house of parliament, the Senate, on Tuesday, giving lawmakers a chance to vote on them just days before they leave for a two-month break.
The submission comes almost two months after Buhari began his second term, and some five months after he was re-elected.
The 42 names on the list include:
* Ikechukwu Oga (Abia)
* Mohammed Musa Bello (Adamawa)
* Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom)
* Chris Ngige (Anambra)
* Sharon Ikeazu (Anambra)
* Adamu Adamu (Bauchi)
* Maryam Katagum (Bauchi)
* Timi Sylva (Bayelsa)
* George Akume (Benue)
* Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Borno)
* Goddy Agba (Cross Rivers)
* Festus Keyamo (Delta)
* Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi)
* Osagie Enakhire (Edo)
* Clement Agba (Edo)
* Adeniyi Adebayo (Ekiti)
* Geofrey Onyeama (Enugu)
* Ali Issa Fantami (Gombe)
* Emeka Nwajiuba (Imo)
* Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa)
* Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna)
* Mohammed Mahmoud (Kaduna)
* Sabo Nanunu (Kano)
* Bashir Salihi Magashi (Kano)
* Hadi Sirika (Katsina)
* Abubakar Malami (Kebbi)
* Ahmadu Tijani (Kogi)
* Lai Mohammed (Kwara)
* Gbemisola Saraki (Kwara)
* Raji Fashola (Lagos)
* Nimbe Mamora (Lagos)
* Muhammed Abdullahi (Nasarawa)
* Zubeira Dada (Niger)
* Olamilekan Adegbite (Ogun)
* Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo)
* Rauf Aregbesola (Osun)
* Sunday Dare (Oyo)
* Pauline Tallen (Plateau)
* Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers)
* Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi (Sokoto)
* Saleh Mohammed (Taraba)
* Abubakar Aliyu (Yobe)
* Sadiya Umar Farouk (Zamfara)
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