The reason why Tinubu did not give Kano the position of Minister No one from Kano State applied despite President Bola Ahmad Tinubu submitt...
The reason why Tinubu did not give Kano the position of Minister
No one from Kano State applied despite President Bola Ahmad Tinubu submitting the names of 28 candidates for appointment as federal ministers of Nigeria as required by the constitution.
Senator Godswill Akpabio, president of the Senate, read the list of 28 individuals to the House today, July 27, 2023.
However, the list of names is still incomplete while the President of the Senate is reading the names of those who have been appointed, indicating that President Tinubu would send additional names.
Due to the continuous battle between both parties, the names of the two political factions in Kano, namely the APC led by former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and the Kwankwasiyya led by the National Leader of the NNPP, Senator Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso, have been suspended.
According to NIGERIAN TRACKER, a source, APC members under the leadership of former Governor Ganduje are lobbying President Bola Ahmad Tinubu not to appoint Kwankwaso as minister, which is why the names of candidates from Kano have not been released.
According to the source, the Gandujiyya faction argued that they would prefer to lose the ministerial position and hand it to their primary rival, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, who was responsible for their party's defeat in the 2023 election in Kano.