contrary information in the transition committee’s report, Buhari should make this list public as early as Monday; that will shock everyone’’ he said. Since Buhari assumed office on May 29, 2015, Nigerians have been anxious to know the array of ministers he will chose to actualise his change agenda. Many permutations were done on several social networking platforms like facebook and twitter as to who will make the list. There are speculations that President Buhari may reduce the number of ministers to be elected in an attempt to reduce the cost of governance. The ruling All Progressives Congress has finally accepted the outcome of the election that produce Senator Bukola Saraki as the Senate president. The party’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, today, June 12, affirmed that the party had accepted Saraki as the President of the Senate, and they were ready to live with the reality. The Edo-born Oyegun, who spoke to state house correspondents at the Defence House, Abuja, after a meeting of members of the 2015 transition committee with President Muhammadu Buhari, during a visit to the president to present their report. Oyegun is a member of the committee. The APC had earlier vowed to sanction Saraki and his counterpart in the house of representatives, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, after they emerged as leaders of both the senate and house of representatives respectively. When asked by a Punch reporter if Saraki’s position would be accepted by the party, Oyegun said,“Of course! He has been duly elected by his colleagues. We have a reality and we must live with it.”
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