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President Muhammadu Buhari has sent 43 ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening. The new ministers will form his new cabinet. Among them is the erudite Director General/CEO of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami.
Pantami who was appointed director general of the NITDA about three years ago joins the likes of Babatunde Fashola, Rauf Aregbesola, Godswill Akpabio, Rotimi Amaechi, Dr Chris Ngige, Timipre Sylva, Ogbonnaya Onu, Hadi Sirika, and Lai Mohammed – all former governors and ministers.
Pantami gained recognition for repositioning the government IT agency to live up to its mandate as an IT clearinghouse. Since assuming office, NITDA has helped to ensure full compliance to IT Procurement laws by all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).
Pantami, a scholar and lecturer in IT before his appointment hails from Gombe State in north east Nigeria. He has gained numerous recognition for ensuring that NITDA enforced compliance of MDAs to the Local content policy on IT procurement..
Below is the full list of the 43 ministerial nominees:
Ikechukwu Ogar – Abia
Mohammed Musa Bello – Adamawa
Godswill Akpabio – Akwa Ibom
Dr Chris Ngige – Anambra
Sharon O. Ikeazor – Anambra
Adamu Adamu – Bauchi
Maryam Katagum – Bauchi
Timipre Sylva – Bayelsa
George Akume – Benue
Mustapha Baba Shehuri – Borno
Godie Jerry Agba – Cross River
Festus Keyamo – Delta
Ogbonnaya Onu – Ebonyi
Osagie Ehinare – Edo
Clement Agba – Edo
Adeniyi Adebayo – Ekiti
Geoffrey Onyeama – Enugu
Isa Ali Pantami – Gombe
Emeka Nwajuba – IMO
Sulaiman Adamu – Jigawa
Zainab Ahmed – Kaduna
Hadi Sirika – Katsina
Abubakar Malami – Kebbi
Sabo Nanono – Kano
Maj Gen Bashir Saleh – Kano
Ramatu Tijani – Kogi
Lai Mohammed – Kwara
Gbemisola Saraki – Kwara
Olorunnibe Mamowora – Lagos
Babatunde Fashola – Lagos
Subairu Dada – Niger
Olamilekan Adegbite – Ogun
Tayo Alasoadura – Ondo
Rauf Aregbesola – Osun
Sunday Dare – Oyo
Paulen Tallen – Plateau
Rotimi Amaechi – Rivers
Mohammed Maigeri Dengaji – Sokoto
Saleh Momoh – Taraba
Abubakar D Aliyu – Yobe
