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Cabinet: Tinubu allots portfolios to ministers, holds on to Petroleum Ministry, Wike for FCT, Alake Solid Minerals, Matawalle is Defence

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President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday made public the portfolios of the ministerial nominees recently screened and confirmed by the Senate.

According to a list released by the Presidency, the president may have allocated the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to himself just like his predecessor, ex-President Muhammandu Buhari, who held sway as the Minister in charge of Petroleum Resources in his eight-year tenure with Chief Timipre Sylva from Bayelsa as Minister of State.

Persecondnews reports that this time around, Tinubu has also appointed Heineken Lokpobiri from the oil-rich Delta as the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources.

Other surprises in the list is the appointment of Mr Dele Alake, the President’s Special Adviser on Communication, Strategy and Special Duties as the Minister of Solid Mineral Development.

Here is the full list:

FCT Minister – Nyesom Wike (Rivers State)

Minister of Aviation – Festus Keyamo (Delta State)

Minister of Power – Adebayo Adelabu (Oyo State)

Minister of Transportation – Adegboyega Oyetola (Osun State)

Minister of Solid Minerals – Dele Alake (Ekiti State)

Minister of Information and National Orientation – Muhammed Idris (Niger State)

Minister of Defence – Mohammed Badaru (Jigawa State)

Minister of State, Defence – Bello Mattawale (Zamfara State)

Minister of Agriculture and Food Security – Abubakar Kyari (Borno State)

Minister of State, Agriculture – Sabi Abdullahi (Niger State)

Minister of Youth- Abubakar Momoh (Edo State)

Minister of Education – Tahir Mamman (Adamawa State)

Minister of State, Education – Yusuf T. Sununu (Kebbi State)

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy – Bosun Tijani (Ogun State)

Minister of Foreign Affairs – Yusuf Tugga (Bauchi State)

Minister of Housing and Urban Development – Ahmed Dangiwa (Katsina State)

Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development – Abdullahi Gwarzo (Kano State)

Minister of Budget and Economic Planning – Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi State)

Minister of Finance and Economy – Wale Edun (Ogun State)

Minister of Works- Dave Umahi (Ebonyi State)

Minister of Health and Social Welfare – Ali Pate (Bauchi State)

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation – Betta Edu (Cross River State)

Minister of Police Affairs – Ibrahim Gaidam (Yobe State)

Minister of State, Police Affairs – Imman Suleiman Ibrahim (Nasarawa State)

Minister of Steel Development – Shuaibu Audu (Kogi State)

Minister of State, Steel Development – Maigari Ahmadu (Taraba State)

Minister of Sports – John Eno (Cross River State)

Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy – Bunmi Tunji Ojo (Ondo State)

Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation – Joseph Utsev (Benue State)

Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation – Bello Goronyo (Sokoto State)

Minister of Trade and Investment – Doris Uzoka Anite (Imo State)

Minister of State, Petroleum Resources – Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa State)

Minister of Petroleum Resources – Yet to be allocated

Minister of Labor and Employment – Simon Lalong (Plateau State)

Minister of State, Labor and Employment – Nkiruka Onyejeocha (Abia State)

Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Govermental Affairs- Zepahaniaih Jisalo (FCT)

Minister of Interior – Saidu Alkali (Gombe State)

Minister of Tourism – Lola Ade John (Lagos State)

Minister of Science and Technology – Uche Nnaji (Enugu State)

Minister of State, Gas Resources – Ekperikpe Ekpo (Akwa Ibom State)

Minister of  Art, Culture and Creative Economy – Hannatu Musawa (Katsina State)

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation – Lateef Fagbemi (Kwara State)

Minister of State, Health and Social Welfare – Tunji Alausa (Lagos State)

Minister of Women Affairs – Uju Kennedy (Anambara State)

Minister of Environment and Ecological Management – Isiaka Salako (Ogun State)

Minister of State, FCT – Mariya Mahmoud (Kano State)

 

 

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