List of Politicians Who Failed to Become Ministers Even after Presidential Nomination and Why

As Nigerians are awaiting President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial list, it is expected that when the names of the nominees are finally forwarded to and read by the Senate, the appointees are would be cleared before they can be inaugurated into the cabinet of President Tinubu.

However, some politicians in the past have been nominated by the President, and they did not eventually become a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The politicians in this category are listed below:

Ambassador Bayo Yusuf

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo nominated the Ondo-born politician but could not pass the Senate screening when he failed to give the full meaning of Obasanjo’s NEEDS.

Yusuf was asked to give the full meaning of NEEDS (i.e. National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy), the title of the then federal government’s economic policy document.

Udoma Udo Udoma

The Akwa Ibom senator was nominated by Obasanjo to become a minister and passed the screening at the Senate but did not eventually become a minister.

He turned down the offer on the swearing-in day, after then-President Obasanjo announced his portfolio. He was given junior minister, a minister of state for the environment.

Bode Agusto

Former President Obasanjo nominated Agusto, but majority of the Senators rejected him as Lagos State representatives.

This is because the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) earlier rejected him, adding that his nomination did not reflect the interest of the state chapter.

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