{"id":87311,"date":"2023-07-28T03:43:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T03:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/28\/ministerial-list-appeasing-snake-in-palace-does-not-spare-king-shehu-sani-to-tinubu\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T03:43:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T03:43:17","slug":"ministerial-list-appeasing-snake-in-palace-does-not-spare-king-shehu-sani-to-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/28\/ministerial-list-appeasing-snake-in-palace-does-not-spare-king-shehu-sani-to-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministerial List: Appeasing snake in palace does not spare King \u2013 Shehu Sani to Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>In a scathing response to the first batch of ministerial nominees submitted by President Bola Tinubu to the Senate, former Kaduna Senator Shehu Sani did not hold back.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Vanguard, he referred to some of the nominees as \u201cvultures\u201d and \u201cserpents,\u201d expressing his discontent with their selection.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/83b5d53bb63f4b9bafbbe68bbf37bf49\"\/>The list was presented by Femi Gbajabiamila, Tinubu\u2019s Chief of Staff, and read out by Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio.<\/p>\n<p>Among the nominees were former governors Nyesom Wike, Nasir el-Rufai, Badaru Abubakar, and Dave Umahi, from Rivers, Kaduna, Jigawa, and Ebonyi, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/c9af5076b3744f7d9b639bfeeded313f\"\/>The list also included Wale Edun, former Lagos Commissioner of Finance, and Dele Alake, Tinubu\u2019s special adviser on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Six women were also nominated,  Betta Edu, Hannatu Musawa, Doris Anichie Uzoka, Stella Okotete, Uju Kennedy Ohaneye, and Iman Suleiman Ibrahim.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/69c4df9d5be843778b88a822930cf024\"\/>Shehu Sani took to Twitter to express his disappointment, accusing the president of welcoming treacherous serpents and rewarding vultures who had betrayed him in the past. He made no specific references to any names, but his disdain for the choices was palpable.<\/p>\n<p>He ended his tweet by saying, \u201cAppeasing a snake in a palace doesn\u2019t spare the King.\u201d The reference to Judas Iscariot, a disciple of Jesus Christ who betrayed Him, was a clear indication of his strong disapproval of the ministerial nominees and the notion of rewarding betrayal.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: RelationshipUpdate (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/><span class=\"see-more\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a scathing response to the first batch of ministerial nominees submitted by President Bola Tinubu to the Senate, former Kaduna Senator Shehu Sani did not hold back. 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