Ministerial List: Amina Mohammed set to be screened as Gombe candidate following protests from Kaduna

Following the protest of leading politicians from Kaduna state against the nomination of Amina Mohammed as a minister from the state, the presidency might request the senate to treat her as nominee from Gombe, her place of birth.

Her nomination drew criticism from prominent politicians from Kaduna state.


Among those who ventilated their grouse are Senator Danjuma La’ah, Kaduna South Senatorial District; Hon. Jonathan Asake, former Reps member (Zangon Kataf/Jaba Federal Constituency) and immediate past Sole Administrator of Zangon Kataf Local Council; Barr. James Kanyip, former Kaura Local Council Chairman and Ambassador Nuhu Bajoga, immediate past Deputy Governor of Kaduna State.

Amina Mohammed is the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning. She was appointed to this position on 7 June 2012

Previously, she worked as senior adviser to the President of Nigeria (Late Musa Yardua and Goodluck Jonathan) on Millennium Development Goals for six years. In this position, she was in charge of designing and developing government projects to reduce poverty around the country.