Ex-Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike was named Minister of the FCT while Wale Edun was named finance minister.
President Bola Tinubu assigned portfolios to his ministers, over one week after they were screened by the Senate.
The portfolios were announced by the president's office in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES.
Ex-Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike was named Minister of the FCT while Wale Edun was named Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy.
Some of the other key portfolios include Ali Pate, a professor, as Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, and Lateef Fagbemi as Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. Ex-Jigawa Governor Mohamed Badaru was named Minister of Defence while Ex-Kebbi Governor Atiku Bagudu was named Minister of Budget and Economic Planning.
See the full portfolios below.
PART ONE - MINISTERIAL PORTFOLIOS
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, INNOVATION AND DIGITAL ECONOMY
BOSUN TUANI
MINISTER OF STATE, ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT
ISHAK SALAKO
MINISTER OF FINANCE AND COORDINATING MINISTER OF THE ECONOMY
WALE EDUN
MINISTER OF MARINE AND BLUE ECONOMY
BUNMI TUNJI-OJO
MINISTER OF POWER
ADEBAYO ADELABU
MINISTER OF STATE, HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE
TUNJI 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
EKPERIPE EKPO
MINISTER OF STATE, PETROLEUM RESOURCES
HEINEKEN LOKPOBIRI
MINISTER OF SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
JOHN ENOH
MINISTER OF FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY
NYESOM WIKE
Northwest
Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy - Hannatu Musawa
Minister of Defence - Muhammad Badaru
Minister of State Defence - Bello Matawalle
Minister of State Education - Yusuf T. Sunumu
Minister of Housing and Urban Development - Ahmed Dangiwa
Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development - Abdullahi Gwarzo
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning - Atiku Bagudu
Minister of Environment and Ecological Management - Kaduna
Minister of State, FCT - Mairiga Mahmud
Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation - Bello Goronyo
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security - Abubakar Kyari
Minister of Education - Tahir Momoh
Minister of Interior - Sa'idu Alkali
Minister of Foreign Affairs - Yusuf Tuggar
Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Development -Ali PAto
Minister of Police Affairs - Ibrahim Gaidam
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Minsiter of State, Steel Development - U MAIgari Ahmadu
North Central
Minister of Steel Development - Shuaibu Audu
Minister of Information National Orientation - Muhammed Idris
Attorney General of Federal and Minister of Justice - Lateef Fagbemi
Minister of Labour and Employment - Simon Lalong
Minister of State, Police Affairs - Imman Suleiman Ibrahim
Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs - Zephianiah Jisalpo
Minister of Water Resources and sanitation - Joseph Utsev
Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security - Aliyu Sabi Abdullah
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
