This list includes key appointees such as the Attorney General Abubakar Malami who is contesting for the governorship of Kebbi state and ministers vying for the Presidency including Rotimi Amaechi (Transport Minister) Godswill Akpabio (Niger Delta) Chris Ngige (Labour) and Emeka Nwajiuba (Education) (AC Vol 63 No 10 Consensus candidate plan upsets the frontrunners)...
Nnamdi Ubah's emergence as governor came after his younger brother Chris (both unrelated to Ifeanyi Ubah) engineered the kidnapping and impeachment of Chris Ngige who had been elected governor on the PDP's platform...
Uba an Anglican in the wild is sworn enemies with the state's party leader Labour Minister Chris Ngige but has the blessing of other party chieftains in Abuja (AC Vol 54 No 23 Anambra kicks off the race)...
Also on Osinbajo's committee is Emefiele Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed the NNPC's Kyari Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva and four other key ministers: Chris Ngige (labour); Niyi Adebayo (trade and industry); Sadiya Farouq (humanitarian affairs); and Babatunde Fashola (works and housing)...
The economy ministers: Zainab Ahmed (Finance); Timipre Sylva (Petroleum Minister of State); Minister Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo (Trade and Investment); Chris Ngige (Labour); Olamilekan Adegbite (Mines); Mohammed Nanono (Agriculture); Rotimi Amaechi (Transport); and Sale Mamman (Power)...
Also re-emerging are former minister of Labour and ex-governor Chris Ngige (Anambra 66) former minister of education Adamu Adamu (Bauchi 63) and former minister of water and member of Buhari's extended family Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa 56 – AC Vol 57 No 24 Grandees test the water)...
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Former Anambra Governor Chris Ngige is the other key south-east representative...
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Negative campaigning meant that even the highest-profile APC candidates failed to get elected such as former Anambra Governor Chris Ngige contesting for Anambra Central's Senate seat...
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The APC candidate Senator Chris Nwabueze Ngige has switched political allegiances several times over the past 15 years establishing a high profile in the process...
Other governors-turned-senators have been Danjuma Goje of Gombe (2003-11) and Chris Nwabueze Ngige of Anambra (2003-06 when his election was annulled by the courts on the grounds of electoral malpractice)...
