Group rejects Amina Mohammed as Kaduna ministerial nominee

A Kaduna-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), under the aegis of Centrum Initiative for Development and Fundamental Rights Initiative (CEDRA) has rejected the nomination of Amina Mohammed as ministerial nominee for Kaduna State.

This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Kaduna at the weekend and signed by the Board Chairman of CEDRA, Dr John Danfulani.

Though the statement agreed that it is the constitutional duty of the president to appoint and submit the list of the Ministerial nominees to the Senate, it noted that the political offices in Kaduna State have always been fairly shared among the three Senatorial Districts.


The statement said, “we object to the Ministerial nominee representing Kaduna State in the person of Amina Mohammed. The objection is predicated on the fact that she is not an indigene of Kaduna State as provided in the Constitution but an indigene of Gombe State.
“The constitutional provisions, allows each state of the federation to have a Minister who must be an indigene of that state.

“If the nomination of Amina Mohammed is allowed by the Senators, the state will be short-changed and this will be unconstitutional,” the statement read

The statement then called on the three senators representing the state to use their good offices to reject the nomination of Amina Mohammed and direct that an indigene of Kaduna State be nominated and sent to the Senate for screening.