Nigeria President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday assigned portfolios to all the 45 Minister-designates whose nominations were recently confirmed by the Senate.
This is a clear departure from the past when portfolios were usually assigned to Ministers on their day of inauguration.
In the list released by a top Presidency official to newsmen at the State House, Abuja on Wednesday evening, former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, is the new Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), former governor of Ebonyi state, Senator David Umahi is Works Minister, Festus Keyamo is named Aviation and Aerospace Development Minister while former governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetolabis Transportation Minister.
The dates for the Ministerial Retreat for the incoming Ministers and subsequent swearing in at the State House, Abuja, is, however, not made public.
While the Minister of Petroleum Resources has been possibly reserved for President Tinubu as was the system with past administrations, the list released has the former governor of Rivers State, Nyesome Wike as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT); Bosun Tijani as Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy; Ishak Salako as Minister of State, Environment and Ecological Management; Wale Edun as Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy.
The list also has Bunmi Tunji –Ojo as Minister of Marine and Blue Economy; Adedayo Adelabu as Minister of Power; Tunji Alausa as Minister of State, Health and Social Welfare; Dele Alake as Minister of Solid Minerals Development; Lola Ade-John as Minister of Tourism; Adegboyega Oyetola as Minister of Transportation; Doris Anite as Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment; Uche Nnaji as Minister of Innovation Science and Technology; Nkiruka Onyejeocha as Minister of State, Labour and Employment; and Uju Kennedy as Minister of Women Affairs.
Former governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi is Minister of Works; Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development is Festus Keyamo; Minister of Youth is Abubakar Momoh; Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation is Betta Edu; Minister of State, Gas Resources is Ekperikpe Ekpo; Minister of State, Petroleum Resources is Heineken Lokpobiri; and Minister of Sports Development is John Enoh.
Others are Hannatu Musawa as Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy; Mohammed Badaru is Minister of Defense; Bello Mattawale is Minister of State Defense; Minister of State Education is Yusuf Sununu; Minister of Housing and Urban Development is Ahmed Dangiwa; Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development is Abdullahi Gwarzo; Minister of Budget and National Planning is Atiku Bagudu.
The President also reserved the Minister of Environment and Ecological Management for the Nominee from Kaduna state who is yet to be announced.
Minister of State for the FCT is Mairiga Mahmud; Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation is Bello Goronyo; Minister of Agriculture and Food Security is Abubakar Kyari; Minister of Education is Tahir Maman; Minister of Interior is Saidu Alkali; Minister of Foreign Affairs is Yusuf Tuggar; Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare is Ali Pate; and Minister of Police Affairs is Ibrahim Geidam.
Minister of State Steel Development is Maigari Ahmadu; Minister of Steel Development is Shuaibu Audu; and Minister of Information and National orientation is Muhammed Idris.
Lateef Fagbemi is Attorney of the Federation and Minister of Justice; Minister of Labour and Employment is Simon Lalong; Minister of State for Police Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman- Ibrahim; Minster of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs is Zephaniah Jisalo.
While Joseph Utsev is Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Aliyi Sabi is Abdullahi Minister of Agriculture and Food Security.
See the Full List Below:
Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani
Minister of State, Environment and Ecological Management, Ishak Salaco
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Wale Edun
Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Bunmi Tunji
Minister of Power, Adedayo Adelabu
Minister of State, Health and Social Welfare, Tunisia Alausa
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake
Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John
Minister of Transportation, Adegboyega Oyetola
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Anite
Minister of Innovation Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji
Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Nkiruka Onyejeocha
Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy
Minister of Works, David Umahi
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo
Minister of Youth, Abubakar Momoh
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu
Minister of State, Gas Resources, Ekperikpe Ekpo
Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri
Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh
Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike
Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa
Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru
Minister of State Defence, Bello Matawalle
Minister of State Education, Yusuf T. Sunumu
Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed M. Dangiwa
Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, Abdullah T. Gwarzo
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu
Minister of Environment and Ecological Management, (Kaduna)
Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory,
Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation, Bello M. Goronyo
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyar
Minister of Education, Tahir Maman
Minister of Interior, Sa’Idu A. Alkali
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf M. Tuggar
Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate
Minister of Police Affairs, Ibrahim Geidam
Minister of State, Steel Development, U. Maigari Ahmadu
Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu A. Audu
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Muhammed Idris
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi
Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon B. Lalong
Minister of State, Police Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim
Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Govermental Affairs, Zephaniah Jisalo
Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Joseph Utsev
Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
Minister of State, FCT, Mairiga Mahmud
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