President Muhammadu Buhari has on Wednesday announced the much-anticipated portfolios of ministers, immediately after they were inaugurated at the State House, Abuja.
Buhari confirmed what many felt prior to the announcement – that he would keep the petroleum ministry for himself, choosing to name Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as Minister of State for Petroleum Resources.
Many Nigerians had expected immediate-past Governor of Rivers State, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, to get the Niger Delta ministry but were disappointed as lesser-known Pastor Usani Uguru got the honour of heading the ministry supervising the area producing Nigeria’s largest revenue earner – oil.
The immediate-past Governor of Lagos, Babatunde Fashola, SAN got the the combined Power, Works and Housing ministry, perhaps for what has come to be regarded as his excellent work managing the affairs of the nation’s commercial capital.
The list of ministers and their portfolios as announced by President Buhari are:
Muhammadu Buhari – Petroleum
Adamu Adamu – Education
Kemi Adeosun – Finance
Muhammedu Bello – Federal Capital Territory
Chris Ngige – Labour and Productivity
Babatunde Fashola – Power, Works and Housing
Audu Ogbeh – Agriculture
Rotimi Amaechi – Transportation
Aisha Alhassan – Women Affairs
Usani Uguru – Niger Delta Affairs
Lai Mohammed – Information
Kayode Fayemi – Solid Minerals
Suleiman Adamu – Water Resources
Solomon Dalung – Youth and Sports
Ogbonnaya Oyo – Science and Technology
Aminu Mohammed – Environment
Abdulrahman Dambazau – Interior
Adebayo Shittu – Communications
Osagie Ehanire – Minister of State (Health)
Udoma Udo Udoma – Budget and National Planning
Prof. Anthony Onwuka – Minister of State (Education)
Okechukwu Enemalah – Trade, Investment and Industry
James Ocholi – Minister of State (Labour)
Monsur Dan-Ali – Defence
Abubakar Malami – Justice
Hadi Sirika – Minister of State (Aviation)
Suleiman Adamu – Water Resources
Ibrahim Usman Jibril – Minister of State (Environment)
Muhammadu Bello – Federal Capital Territory
Aisha Abubakar – Minister of State (Trade, Industry and Investment)
Khadija Bukar Abba – Minister of State (Foreign Affairs)
Claudius Daramola – Minister of State (Niger Delta)
Geoffrey Onyeama – Foreign Affairs
Zainab Ahmed – Minister of State (Budget and National Planning)
Mustapha Shehuri – Minister of State (Power)
Heineken Lokpobiri – Minister of State (Agriculture)
Isaac Adewole – Health
Abubakar Bwari Bawa – Minister of State (Solid Minerals)
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