obisky President Muhammadu Buhari has sprung surprises with the names of some of his ministers’ designate. Despite outcry, especially among the political class that expected to dominate the cabinet, some of the nominees are technocrats in their own right, who never expected to be among the ‘chosen ones’. Some are close confidants of the president and the antecedents of others have dispelled the widely held belief that Buhari’s nominees are yesterday’s men who have little or nothing to contribute to the change that ushered the new populist administration.