Meet the 7 women on Tinubu’s ministerial list

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday sent the list of his ministerial nominees to the senate.

The letter was handed over to the Senate president, Godswill Akpabio by the chief of staff to the president, Femi Gbajabiamila.

Of the 28 names sent, seven of them are women which represents 25 percent of the ministerial nominees as currently constituted.

ValidViewNetwork takes a look at the seven women.

BETTA EDU

Betta Edu is from Cross River state and the youngest among the ministerial nominees at 36 years old. She is the national women leader of the All Progressive Congress and a former commissioner of health in Cross River state.

In 2020, she became chairman of the Cross River State COVID-19 Taskforce.

In August 2022, she was appointed National Chairman of the Nigeria Health Commissioners Forum.

HANNATU MUSA MUSAWA

Hannatu Musa Musawa from Katsina state is the recently-appointed special adviser on culture and entertainment economy.

Musawa, who is the daughter of the late Katsina politician, Musa Musawa, is a lawyer, politician and author.

ADVERTISEMENT

She studied Law at the University of Buckingham, United Kingdom; and holds Master’s degrees in the Legal Aspects of Marine Affairs from the University of Cardiff, Wales; and Oil and Gas Law from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

She is also a qualified solicitor in England and Wales, UK; and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

STELLA OKOTETE

Okotete holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies and Diplomacy from Benson Idahosa University.

She also has a Diploma in Law from the Rivers State College of Arts and Sciences. A Master’s degree in Public Administration and Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution.

She is the executive director (Business Development) at the Nigeria Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank. She is 39 years old.

UJU KENNEDY OHANENYE

In the last presidential election, Uju Kennedy Ohaneye from Anambra state was the only female presidential aspirant of the APC, who later stepped down for the President at the primaries.

She is a legal practitioner managing director of Kenuj 02 Mall, Federal Capital Territory and Owerri in Imo State. Ohanenye is married with four children.

DORIS UZOKA-ANITE

Doris is a career banker with over 20 years of experience at Zenith Bank, Nigeria. Despite studying medicine at the University of Benin, she pivoted into banking in 2002.

Uzoka-Anite was a former commissioner for finance and coordinating economy in Imo state. She holds a couple of financial certificates from Oxford University in the United Kingdom.

NKEIRUKA ONYEJEOCHA

Onyejocha was a member of the house of Representatives representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi federal constituency of Abia State.

She was first elected in 2007 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), then Nigeria’s ruling party. Onyejeocha defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2018 after coming under intense pressure from her former party leaders to drop her ambition for a return ticket to the house.

In 2019, she won her re-election bid for a fourth term in Nigeria’s Green Chamber.

IMAAN SULAIMAN-IBRAHIM

Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim was the director-general of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) from December 1, 2020, till May 27, 2021.

She was a special adviser on strategic communication to the minister of state for education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, and she was appointed a member of the Nasarawa State economic advisory council in 2019.