- Edun (Finance), Alake (Solid Minerals), Badaru (Defence), Keyamo (Aviation)
By Chesa Chesa
In a clear departure from the past, President Tinubu has assigned portfolios to Ministers-designate before their formal swearing into office, with former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, becoming the new Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The dates for a Ministerial Retreat for the incoming Ministers and subsequent swearing in at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja ministers 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 of 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
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 — Ekperikpe Ekpo
Minister of State, Petroleum Resources — Heineken Lokpobiri
Minister of Sports Development — John Enoh
Minister of Federal Capital Territory — Nyesom Wike
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
Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security — Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi.
