List of prominent politicians who have rejected to serve as President Tinubu's minister

While many politicians have been lobbying to make President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial list, some others have openly rejected the offer to serve under this current administration.

President Tinubu is yet to send his ministerial list to the National Assembly after assuming office on Monday, May 29.

While many politicians have been lobbying to make President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial list, some others have openly rejected the offer to serve under this current administration. President Tinubu is yet to send his ministerial list to the National Assembly after assuming office on Monday, May 29.

According to The Punch, George said he is too old to look for an appointment as a minister at this stage of his life. George, however, noted that he can only assist in nominating competent candidates if he was approached or offered the appointment.

“I will give him people that have the knowledge from the party having been a manager of the party for years. If he says he wants me to help him get someone, there are millions of young people who still have all the energy to run around and not me.

Another prominent politician is the immediate former governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, who said he would turn the offer to serve as the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) again.

El-Rufai was the FCT minister under former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration. He, however, did not speak on whether he will accept or reject a ministerial appointment if the president gives him another portfolio, Daily Trust reported.

“Even if offered, I’m not coming to Abuja. As I say, I never repeat class and there are many young people I know that I can recommend that would do even better job than I did as minister of FCT.

The former Ekiti state governor Ayodele Fayose said he would reject Tinubu's ministerial nomination if considered Fayose stated this during Channels TV's late-night programme, Sunday Politics, in Abuja on Sunday, July 9.

The PDP chieftain said “I will never accept it”