Following the submission of the names of ministerial nominees to the Nigerian Senate in batches, activist and legal practitioner, 
Ebun-Oluwa Adegboruwa, SAN, joined the list of people that faulted the composition of President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial list and the process of the nomination. Speaking on a national television, he claimed that the manner in which the President sent his ministerial nominees’ list to the Senate, was not in tandem with the requirements of the constitution.
He further argued that the first batch of 28 names, sent to the Senate, was less than the number of states in the country, adding that compliance with the provisions of the constitution should be holistic and total, rather than at the discretion of the President.
First of all, is to state that from the point of view of the law, we don’t have ministers currently because the president didn’t fulfill the requirements of the constitution in nominating the ministers or sending the list. The first thing the constitution says clearly is that you must have one minister per state, at least there must be a ministerial nominee from each of the states of the federation who must be indigenes of that particular state and we have 36 States.
“Then also, the law says in sending these nominees, he must do so within 60 days he has taken the oath of office. The president took the oath of office on 29th of May. By sending the names of ministerial nominees that is less than number of states in Nigeria, that means he has not fulfilled or complied with the constitution because he sent 28 names within the 60 days.
You don’t decide as discretion on how you want to comply with the constitution. The compliance must be holistic; it must be total. At the time the president was sending the list, he should have sent not less than 37; 36 States for the purpose of ministerial appointments, and FCT is also counted as a state.
“So, not sending 37 names as of 27th of July, the President has not complied with the law,” he had said.
Another Senior Advicate of Nigeria, Chief Yomi Alliyu will not agree with his fellow Silk.
