President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has started putting together his cabinet ahead of May 29, when his administration would be sworn in.
Sources have disclosed that the former Lagos State governor plans to compensate Northern All Progressives Congress (APC) governors for the role they played in making sure a southern succeeded President Buhari and particularly backing his ambition.
Two northern governors who played important roles in Tinubu’s emergence, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, have been penciled down for juicy positions in the upcoming government.
While Ganduje is set to emerge as the next minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), El-Rufai will succeed Boss Gida Mustapha as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).
It was also learnt that some stakeholders in the ruling party are lobbying for the President-elect to compensate Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State for his role in the presidential election.
