From Our Correspondent
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, formally formed his cabinet as he assigned portfolios to his 46 ministers following their clearance by the National Assembly.
Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, made this known to journalists in Abuja.
The President named Wale Edun as the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dele Alake as Minister of Solid Development and Festus Keyamo as the Minister of Aviation.
Tinubu also named immediate past governors of Rivers and Ebonyi states, Nyesom Wike and Dave Umahi as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and Works respectively,
The full list of ministers and their ministries includes:
South West
1. Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy – Bosun Tuani
2. Minister of State, Environment and Ecological Management – Ishak Salako
3. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy – Wale Edun
4. Minister of Marine and Blue Economy – Bunmi Tunji-Ojo
5. Minister of Power – Adebayo Adelabu
6. Minister of State, Health and Social Welfare – Tunji Alausa
7. Minister of Solid Minerals Development – Dele Alake
8. Minister of Tourism – Lola Ade-John
9. Minister of Transport – Adegboyega Oyetola
South East
1. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment – Doris Anite
2. Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology – Uche Nnaji
3. Minister of State, Labour and Employment – Nkiruka Onyejeocha
4. Minister of Women Affairs – Uju Kennedy
5. Minister of Works – David Umahi
South South
1 Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development – Festus Keyamo
2. Minister of Youth – Abubakar Momoh
3. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation – Betta Edu
4. Minister of State, Gas Resourses – Expripe Ekpo
5. Minister of State, Petroleum Resourced – Heineken Lokpobiri
6. Minister of Sports Development – John Enoh
7. Minister of Federal Capital Territory – Nyosom Wike
North West
1. Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy – Hannatu Musawa
2. Minister of Defence – Mohammed Badaru
3. Minister of State, Defence – Bello Matawalle
4. Minister of State, Education – Yusuf T. Sununu
5. Minister of Housing and Urban Development – Ahmed M. Dangiwa
6. Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development – Abdullahi T. Gwarzo
7. Minister of Budget and Economic Planning – Atiku Bagudu
8. Minister of Environment and Ecological Management – (Kaduna)
9. Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory – Mairiga Mahmud
10. Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation – Bello M. Goronyo
North East
1. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security – Abubakar Kyar
2. Minister of Education – Tahir Maman
3. Minister of Interior – Sa’idu A. Alkali
4. Minister of Foreign Affairs – Yusuf M. Tuggar
5. Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare – Ali Pate
6. Minister of Police Affairs – Ibrahim Geidam
7. Minister of State, Steel Development – U. Maigari Ahmadu
North Central
1. Minister of Steel Development – Shuaibu A. Audu
2. Minister of Information and National Orientation – Muhammed Idris
3. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice – Lateef Fagbemi
4. Minister of Labour and Employment – Simon B. Lalong
5. Minister of State, Police Affairs – Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim
6. Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs – Zephaniah Jisalo
7. Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation – Joseph Utsev
8. Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security – Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
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