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Utomi, Falana, Oyinlola, Odimegwu may make ministerial list

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President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial appointment continues to draw attention over those that will make the final list, as indications emerged on Sunday that some persons have completed a screening process carried out by the Department of State Service, (DSS) preparatory to be nominated as ministers.
Those screened according to sources, include a former presidential candidate, Prof. Pat Utomi (Delta), Lagos lawyer Femi Falana (Ekiti), a former Governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a former finance commissioner in Lagos State, Mr. Wale Edun and Former Managing Director of Nigerian Breweries Limited, Mr. Festus Odimegwu (Abia).
Others are, Abubakar Malami (SAN), former Chief of Army, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazu (retd.) (Kaduna); and former chief executive of the Federal Inland Revenue, Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okaru (Edo).

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The nominees, who were said to have appeared before the DSS for their screening at the weekend, were also reported to have been seriously directed not to talk to the media about it.
It was gathered that no fewer than 20 nominees had been so far screened by the DSS operatives since the exercise started.
Our source revealed that the screening process by the DSS involved conducting background checks on the careers of the nominees and operatives were also checking for records of the nominees with anti-graft and security agencies.

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