President Bola Tinubu will on Monday swear-in 45 ministers to form a cabinet that will coordinate the implementation of his government’s policies and programmes in delivering good governance.
The event scheduled to hold at the conference center of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, will be attended by family members of the ministers’ designate who have already been assigned portfolios.
Presidency sources told hints that the ministers who are expected to resume work immediately, will thereafter, proceed on a retreat organized by the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) later in the week, where they will be coached on their respective duties by experts.
President Tinubu on July 27 forwarded a list of 28 nominees to the senate for screening and confirmation. A list of the second batch contained 19 nominees.
The Senate had cleared the nominees by voice vote at the Committee of the Whole on August 7.
The confirmation of three of the nominees, former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Stella Okotete (Delta State), and Abubakar Danladi (Taraba State), whose nominations were kept abeyance and are still undergoing security clearance.
The ministers are currently carrying out documentation at the SGF’s office.
Full List of the ministers;
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, Mairiga Mahmud
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, U. 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 B. Lalong
Minister of State, Police Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim
Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Zephaniah Jisalo
Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Joseph Utsev
Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi.
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