33 out of 36 ministerial nominees fail litmus test

New reports have indicated that the reason the ministerial
nominees has not been released yet is as a result of
discrepancies traces back to most of the nominees.

New revelations have indicated that the failure of President
Muhammadu Buhari to announce his ministers after almost
two months in office is connected to discrepancies
including misappropriation of funds traced to the ministerial
nominees, Sunday Tribune reports.
Investigation teams reportedly revealed shocking security
reports on the alleged fraud and misappropriation of funds
by 33 nominees short-listed by President Muhammadu
Buhari, with only three said to have passed the corruption
test.
Sources said that 36 ministerial nominees were penciled in
and submitted by the All Progressives Congress (APC).
After passing through the filters of the Department of State
Security (DSS), Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices and
other related offences Commission (ICPC), the Central Bank
of Nigeria (CBN), the Force Criminal Investigations
Department (FCID), and the Defence Intelligence Agency
(DIA) for forensic screening, only three nominees came out
clean.
President Buhari had insisted from the onset that he
wanted to appoint people without corruption baggage that
could taint administration and inhibit his anti-corruption
drive » .
It was also gathered that the president was shocked by the
amount of money quantified in several transactions cutting
across several sectors of the economy, including oil and
gas , finance , power , governance and infrastructural
commitments, where the persons involved failed the nation,
thus contributing to its current decadence.
Consequently, President Buhari is said to have rescheduled
the new date for the submission of his list of ministerial
nominees to the Senate for approval to September , during
which it is hoped that he would have prepared a new list
that will be screened and those that scaled the integrity
huddle, presented for confirmation.
A source said: “Buhari has said anybody with skeleton in
the closet will not work with him irrespective of the role he
or she played. If such persons are around him, it means he
may be pressurised to compromise his principled stance
So they are trying to push him to a corner, because the
truth is that they cannot seem to read or understand his
body language. They have now seen that Buhari is ready to
sacrifice anybody for Nigeria to move forward."