*Umahi gets Works, Edun (Finance), Alake (Solid Minerals), Badaru (Defence), Keyamo (Aviation)
In a clear departure from the past, President Tinubu has assigned portfolios to Ministers-designate before their formal swearing-in to office, with the former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, becoming the new Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Wike’s appointment has clearly changed the trajectory started by Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, up to the Muhammadu Buhari’s regime whereby only northern Muslims had occupied that portfolio.
The dates for a Ministerial Retreat for the in-coming ministers and subsequent swearing-in at the Aso Villa, Abuja, are yet to be decided, according to presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who unveiled the portfolios to State House Correspondents, on Wednesday.
While the senior minister for Petroleum Resources has been left vacant, the full list of ministers and their portfolios are as follows:
Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy — Bosun Tijani; 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; Minister of Power — Adedayo Adelabu; Minister of State, Health and Social Welfare — Tunji Alausa; Minister of Solid Minerals Development — Dele Alake; Minister of Tourism – Lola Ade-John.
Others are the 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 and Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation — Betta Edu
Other minister listed were Minister of State, Gas Resources — Ekperikpe Ekpo; Minister of State, Petroleum Resources — Heineken Lokpobiri; Minister of Sports Development — John Enoh; Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy — Hannatu Musawa; Minister of Defence — Mohammed Badaru; Minister of State Defence — Bello Matawalle; Minister of State Education — Yusuf T. Sunumu; Minister of Housing and Urban Development — Ahmed M. Dangiwa; Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development — Abdullah T. Gwarzo; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning — Atiku Bagudu; Minister of Environment and Ecological Management — (Kaduna); Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory — Mahmud Mairiga; Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation — Bello M. Goronyo; Minister of Agriculture and Food Security — Abubakar Kyari; Minister of Education, Tahir Maman; Minister of Interior — Sa’Idu A. Alkali; Minister of Foreign Affairs — Yusuf M. Tuggar ; Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare — Ali Pate; Minister of Police Affairs — Ibrahim Geidam; Minister of State, Steel Development — Maigari Ahmadu; Minister of Steel Development — Shuaibu A. Audu; Minister of Information and National Orientation — Muhammed Idris; Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice — Lateef Fagbemi; Minister of Labour and Employment — Simon Lalong; Minister of State, Police Affairs — Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim; Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Govermental Affairs — Zephaniah Jisalo; Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation — Joseph Utsev and Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security — Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi.
