Yar'Adua's inauguration: Roll Call

By Umoru Henry
Posted to the Web: Wednesday, May 30, 2007

1. President Menes Zenan of Ethiopia
2. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasoga of Equatorial Guinea
3. Immediate Past President Olusegun Obasanjo
4. President Thambo Mbeki of South Africa
5. President John Kufour of Ghana
6. President Idriss Deby of Chad Republic
7. President Boni Yayi of Benin Republic
8. President Abdullahi Yusuf of Somali
9. Cote de’voire President, Laurent Gbagbo
10. Paul Biya of Cameroon
11. Captain Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso
12. Faure Gnassingbe of Togo
13. British High Commissioner, Baroness Royal of Blaisdon, Whip of the House of Lord
14. U.S. assistant secretary in charge of Africa, Jendayi Frazer
15. Vice president of Algeria
16. Vice President of Tanzania, Mohammed Ali Sheni
17. Vice President of The Gambia, Isatou Njie- Saidy
18.Senate President, Ken Nnamani
19.Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, Alhaji Bello Masari
20.Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Idris Kutigi
21.National Chairman of PDP, Dr. Ahmadu Ali
22.Chairman, Board of Trustees of PDP, Chief Tony Anenih
23.Secretary of PDP, Ojo Maduekwe
24.Seceretay to the government of the Federation, Chief Ufot Ekaette
25. Head of Service of the Federation, Alhaji Yayale Ahmed
26.Former President, Shehu Shagari
27.Former President, Ernest Shonekan
28.Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon
29.Former Military Head of State, General Abubakar Abdulsalam
30.Former Vice President, Alex Ekwueme
31.Former Chief of General Staff, Admiral Augustus Akhiomu
32.Former Chief of General Staff, Admiral Mike Akhigbe
33.Former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim
34.Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Former Commonwealth Secretary-General
35. Dr. Osita Ogbu, Former Economic Adviser to the President
34. Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, Former Education Minister and Vice Pres ident, Africa region, World Bank
35.Mallam Adamu Ciroma
36.Professor Sheik Abdullahi of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
37.Sarah Jibril
38.Peter Akinola, President, Christian Association of Nigeria {CAN}
39.Chief Imam of Abuja
40.Nuhu Ribadu, Chairman, EFCC
41.Barnabas Gemade
42.Mallam Nasir El-Rufai
43.Bala Mande, Former Environment Minister
44.Frank Ogwuewu, Former Tourism Minister
45.Mrs. Cecilia Ibru of Oceanic Bank
46.Captains of Industry
47.Chief Executive of Banks
48.Representatives of NCWS
49.Representatives of South South Progressive Forum
50.The Amazon of Ijaw Land
51.Representatives of Abusite {ABU}, President’s Alma Mata
52.Ministers in Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s cabinet.