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Barring any last minute change, President Muhammadu Buhari may have picked from across the States of the Federation, including the Federal Capital Territory, Nigerians who will serve as ministers in his cabinet.

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Recall that on September 30, President Buhari sent to the Senate President Bukola Saraki, the first batch of 21 ministerial nominees.
Also, yesterday, the President sent the names of the second batch of 16 nominees.
Meanwhile, at the time of this report, the states where  Ahmed Isa Ibeto (No. 19) Abubakar Bawa (No 36.) and Aisha Abubakar (No. 32) were nominated from were yet to be known.
Background checks however show that both Ibeto and Bawa are from Niger State.
When contacted, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr. Femi Adesina said: “The names of ministerial nominees, the President has sent to the Senate for screening, had no states of origin attached to them. As soon as the President does that, it will be made public.”
See the full list:
1. Chris Ngige – (Anambra)
2. Kayode Fayemi- (Ekiti)
3. Rotimi Amaechi – (Rivers)
4. Babatunde Fashola -(Lagos)
5. Abdulrahman Dambazau- (Kano)
6. Aisha Alhassan – (Taraba)
7. Ogbonaya Onu- (Ebonyi)
8. Kemi Adeosun – (Ogun)
9. Abubakar Malami – (Kebbi)
10. Sen Hadi Sirika – (Katsina)
11. Barr. Adebayo Shittu – (Oyo)
12. Suleiman Adam – (Jigawa)
13. Solomon Dalong – (Plateau)
14. Ibe Kachikwu – (Delta)
15. Osagie Ehanire – (Edo)
16. Audu Ogbeh – (Benue)
17. Udo Udo Udoma – (Akwa Ibom)
18. Lai Mohammed – (Kwara)
19. Ahmed Isa Ibeto – (Niger)
20. Amina Mohammed – (Gombe)
21. Ibrahim Usman Jibril – (Nasarawa)
22. Hajia Khadija Bukar Ibrahim- (Yobe)
23. Cladius Omoleye Daramola (Ondo)
24. Prof Anthony Onwuka (Imo)
25. Geoffrey Onyema (Enugu)
26. Dan Ali (Zamfara)
27. Barr James Ocholi (Kogi)
28. Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna)
29. Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia)
30. Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa)
31. Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Bornu)
32. Aisha Abubakar (unknown)
33. Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa)
34. Adamu Adamu (Bauchi)
35. Isaac Adewole (Osun)
36. Abubakar Bawa Bwari (Niger)
37. Pastor Usani Uguru (Cross River)                                          

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Buhari, Osinbajo to take 50% pay cut — Presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari will take only half of the salary paid to former head of state Goodluck Jonathan, his office announced on Friday.

“President Muhammadu Buhari will only receive 50 percent of the salary paid to his predecessor,” the head of state’s spokesman Garba Shehu said in an emailed statement.

“The president’s decision to take a 50 percent cut was conveyed to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation yesterday (Thursday),” he added.

The annual salary of Nigeria’s president is currently set at 14,058,820 naira ($70,000, 63,500 euros), including allowances, according to the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission.

Shehu said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo would also draw only half of his salary of 12,126,290 naira per annum.

The announcement comes as Africa’s leading economy faces the fall-out from the slump in the global price of crude oil, which provides most of Nigeria’s government revenue, and a public outcry over the remuneration of lawmakers.

His move is likely to add pressure on members of parliament and state governors to follow suit.

This week Buhari approved a package of measures to bail out cash-strapped states to enable them to pay public sector workers, some of whom have not received salaries since the end of last year.

Buhari has accused Jonathan’s government of leaving the treasury “virtually empty” while figures showed debts totalling some $63.5 billion at the end of March.

The 72-year-old is unusual among Nigerian politicians for eschewing the trappings of power and has earned a reputation for austerity, with apparently little personal wealth.

The former military ruler was said to have had to take out a bank loan to pay the fee to stand in his party’s presidential primaries.

Buhari defeated Jonathan in March elections — the first democratic transfer of power at the ballot box between political parties in Nigeria’s history

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I am not Patience Jonathan, do not pay anybody to see me, my husband – Aisha Buhari

According to DailyPost, First Lady, Hajia Aisha Buhari, has called on those working with her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari against taking bribes from anybody before gaining access to her.

Mrs. Buhari reminded them that they should thread with caution because it took her husband 12 years before getting to the position he currently occupies.

The First Lady made this appeal during an “Appreciation Dinner” she hosted in honour of the All Progressives Congress’ women and youths at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

She said, “There was nothing that people did not say about the past administration. It is not former President Goodluck Jonathan that is not good but the people around him.

“So, the people that are going to be around President Buhari have to be very careful because this election ended peacefully.

“We are praying and hoping that people around him should know that it took him 12 years to get to that position and they must know that they are coming to serve the masses, not General Buhari