The long wait is over, the ministers were sworn-in today by President Mohammadu Buhari. He also assigned the 43 wisemen to different ministries.
Human Rights Activist and Senior Advocate of Nigerian, Festus Keyamo has been sent to design a temperate condition in the oil rich south south, with his portfolio as Minister of State, Niger Delta ministry.
Expectedly, Dr. Osagie Ehanire who in the last dispensation was a junior minister, got promoted to the substantive Minister of Health.
The other, Mr. Clem Agba, will have to chart a progressive path for Nigeria’s economy as Minister of Budget and National Planning, State.
No doubt, all three men are technically prepared to assist Mr. President in his desire to actualize his ‘Next Level’ development.
Below are names of all ministers and their Portfolios:
- Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah – Abia, Mines and Steel Development, State
- Muhammed Musa Bello – Adamawa, FCT
- Sen. Godswill Obot Akpabio – Akwa Ibom, Niger Delta
- Chris Ngige – Anambra, Labour & Employment
- Sharon Ikeazor – Anambra, Environment, State
- Adamu Adamu – Bauchi, Education
- Amb Maryam Katagum – Bauchi, Industry, Trade and Investment, State
- Timipre Silva – Bayelsa, Petroleum, State
- Sen. George Akume – Benue, Special Duties
- Mustapha Baba Shehuri – Borno, Agriculture, State
- Godwin Jedi-Agba – Cross River, Power, State
- Festus Keyamo – Delta, Niger Delta, State
- Ogbonnaya Onu – Ebonyi, Science and Technology
- Dr. Osagie Ehanire – Edo, Health
- Clement Ikanade Agba – Edo, Budget and National Planning, State
- Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo – Ekiti, Industry, Trade and Investment
- Geoffrey Onyeama – Enugu, Foreign Affairs
- Dr. Ali Isa Pantami – Gombe, Communication
- Emeka Nwajuba – Imo, Education, State
- Suleiman Adamu – Jigawa, Water Resources
- Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed – Kaduna, Finance, Budget and National Planning
- Dr. Mohammad Mahmoud – Kaduna, Environment
- Mohammed Sabo Nanono – Kano, Agriculture
- Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd) – Kano, Defence
- Hadi Sirika – Katsina, Aviation
- Abubakar Malami – Kebbi, AGF and Minister of Justice
- Ramatu Tijani Aliyu – Kogi, FCT, State
- Lai Mohammed – Kwara, Information and Culture
- Gbemisola Saraki – Kwara, Transportation, State
- Babatunde Raji Fashola – Lagos, Works and Housing
- Adeleke Mamora – Lagos, Health, State
- Mohammed A. Abdullahi – Nasarawa, Science & Tech, State
- Amb. Zubairu Dada – Niger, Foreign Affairs, State
- Olamilekan Adegbite – Ogun, Mines & Steel Devpt
- Sen. Omotayo Alasuadura – Ondo, Labour, State
- Rauf Aregbesola – Osun, Interior
- Sunday Dare – Oyo, Youth and Sports
- Dame Pauline Tallen – Plateau, Women Affairs
- Rotimi Amaechi – Rivers, Transportation
- Mohammed Maigari Dangyadi – Sokoto, Police Affairs
- Engr. Sale Mamman – Taraba, Power
- Abubakar D. Aliyu – Yobe, Works and Housing, State
- Sadiya Umar Faruk – Zamfara, Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development