Hameed Alli, Hadiza Bala Usman may make ministerial list.

Speculations are rife that the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Alli and the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, among others, are likely to be part of the ministers that will form the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari when he begins his second term in office on May 29, 2019.

There are strong indications that the list will be announced when the President returns from his visit to the United Kingdom.

According to the report, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col Hameed Ali and Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman top the nomination list.

Also former Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and Dr Babatunde Fowler, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), are said to be among those considered for the ministerial positions.

Unconfirmed report has it that Fowler is being touted to be the new Auditor General while Hameed Alli is being positioned as Defence Minister.

The report couldn’t ascertain the inclusion of Minister of State Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, and Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing.

President Muhammadu Buhari last week travelled to the United Kingdom on a private visit.

Before the sojourn, the president was in Lagos State, where he commissioned some projects executed by the state government.