President Tinubu Assigns Portfolios To Ministers Designate

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.