President Bola Tinubu has assigned portfolios to the Ministers designate, who were recently confirmed by the Nigerian Senate.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Nglale, revealed this to State House Correspondents on Wednesday night.
According to the list he presented, the portfolios are as follows:
Lateef Fagbemi- Minister of Justice & Attorney General of the Federation
Nyesom Wike – FCT Minister
Mairiga Mahmud- Minister of State, FCT
Festus Keyamo – Minister of Aviation
Adebayo Adelabu – Minister of Power
Adegboyega Oyetola – Minister of Transportation
Dele Alake – Minister of Solid Minerals
Muhammed Idris – Minister of Information & National Orientation
Mohammed Badaru – Minister of Defence
Bello Mattawale-Minister of State, Defence
Abubakar Kyari- Minister of Agriculture & food Security
Abubakar Momoh- Minister of Youths
Bosun Tijani- Minister of Communications and Digital Economy
Yusuf M. Tuggar- Minister of Foreign Affairs
Wale Edun- Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of The Economy
Dave Umahi- Minister of Works
Mohammed Ali Pate- Co-ordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare
Betta Edu- Minister of Humanitarian Affairs & Poverty Alleviation
John Enoh- Minister of Sports
Bunmi Tunji-Ojo- Minister of Marine & Blue Economy
Atiku Bagudu- Minister of Budget & Economic Planning
Joseph Utsev-Minister of Water Resources & Sanitation
Shuaibu Audu- Minister of Steel Development
Sabi Abdullahi- Minister of State, Agriculture
Doris Anite- Minister of Trade & Investment
Simon Lalong- Minister of Labour & Employment
Zephaniah Jisalo- Minister of Special Duties
Adegboyega Oyetola- Minister of Transportation
Lola Ade-John- Minister of Tourism
Hannatu Musawa- Minister of Culture and Creative Economy
Tunji Alausa- Minister of State, Health & Social Welfare
Uju Kennedy- Minister of Women Affairs
Tahir Mamman- Minister of Education
Yusuf T. Sununu- Minister of State, Education
Minister of Environment-Kaduna State Nominee
Minister of Petroleum Resources – Yet to be allocated
Heineken Lokpobiri- Minister of State, Petroleum Resources
The Ministers-designate are to be sworn-in on a date yet to be chosen by President Bola Tinubu.
The assigning of portfolios ahead of the swearing-in is historical as the usual practice is to reel out the portfolios immediately after swearing-in of Ministers.
