By Abiola Olawale
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, today, Thursday, officially swore in Dr. Bernard Mohammed Doro and Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh (SAN) as Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The swearing-in ceremony, held at the Council Chamber of the State House in Abuja, follows their recent confirmation by the Senate, marking the latest appointments in the Tinubu administration’s cabinet.
Tinubu also officially inducted them into the Federal Executive Council.
The ceremony took place at 1:52 p.m. inside the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja, just minutes before the commencement of the FEC meeting, the first since July 2025.
Thursday’s swearing-in restores cabinet representation for Plateau and Enugu states, both of which had been without ministerial presence in the past few weeks.
The New Diplomat reports that Doro, a UK-trained clinical practitioner and seasoned pharmaceutical and public health administrator, replaces Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, who vacated the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction after emerging as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress on July 31, 2025.
Also, Udeh, the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Enugu State until his nomination, replaces Uche Nnaji, the former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, who resigned on October 7, 2025, following controversies over his academic records at the University of Nigeria, Nsuka.
Their swearing-in means Tinubu’s cabinet size now consists of 48 ministers.
