National News Special Report
SOUTH EAST BATTLE FOR MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENT GETS HOTTER (READ DETAIL)
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Afnews Editor
Jul 07, 2019
There is said to be a heated race for ministerial slots in
the southeast of Nigeria as President Buhari begins announcement of critical
appointments in his new government
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Former labour minister Chris Ngige is reportedly lobbying
for a return to the cabinet of President Buhari
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Ex-ministers of science and technology Ogbonnaya Onu and
trade and investment Okechukwu Enelamah are also said to be eyeing returns as
well
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The race for ministerial slots of the southeast in President
Muhammadu Buhari's kitchen cabinet is heating up in that region of the country
with former governors and ex-ministers leading the 'battle'.
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The Guardian reports that former Labour minister Chris
Ngige, ex-foreign affairs minister Geoffrey Onyeama and former Enugu state
governor Sullivan Chime are some of the political heavy weights in the race.
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While Onyeama, Chime, Director-General of Voice of Nigeria
(VON), Osita Okechukwu, and a host of others are lobbying for the singular slot
in Enugu, Ngige has former federal lawmakers Tony Nwoye and Andy Uba among
others to contest with.
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In Abia state, former trade and investment minister
Okechukwu Enelamah is eyeing a return to the cabinet, Guardian sources said,
but has a huge field of former ministers, federal lawmakers and governorship
candidate to overcome.
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The report quoted a competent source as saying that the APC
in the state has not endorsed any of those in the race.
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"...we have not endorsed anyone, and you know it is the
President's right to make this nomination. If he seeks our input, we will avail
him," the source said, adding: "whoever is appointed will work for
the progress of our party and country in general."
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In Imo, former governor Rochas Okorocha's deputy, Eze
Madumere and All Progress Congress's governorship candidate in the 2019
election in the state Hope Uzodinma are in the race for the ministerial slot.
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In Ebonyi, former science and technology minister Ogbonnaya
Onu and former senator Sonnie Ugbuoji are in the race.
