President Jonathan Nominates, Obanikoro, 6 Others As Ministers

According to a report by African Independent Television (AIT), President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded the names of seven new ministers to the Senate for confirmation.

Among the nominees are a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, who recently lost out at PDP’s Governorship primaries in Lagos, Kenneth Kobani, a former National Treasurer of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN), who recently defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, and a former Senator, Patricia Akwashiki.