Tinubu’s Cabinet: New Ministers Get Portfolios; Defence, FCT, Finance, Health Go To Badaru, Wike, Edu, Pate

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By Ishola Kayode

A little over a week after the Senate transmitted it’s 45-person list of screened and confirmed ministerial picks back to the presidency, President Bola Tinubu has assigned portfolios to the ministers-designate.

While ex-Jigawa State Governor Mohamed Badaru snagged the Defense portfolio, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, hitherto a Northern preserve, went to former governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike

The Ministry of Finance portfolio went to Wale Edun and that of Health and Social Welfare was assigned to Dr. Ali Pate.

Ex-Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike was named Minister of the FCT while Wale Edun was named finance minister.

Pls see the full portfolios below.

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See the full portfolios below.

PART ONE – MINISTERIAL PORTFOLIOS

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, INNOVATION AND DIGITAL ECONOMY
BOSUN TUANI

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-OJO

MINISTER OF POWER
ADEBAYO 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
EKPERIPE EKPO

MINISTER OF STATE, PETROLEUM RESOURCES
HEINEKEN LOKPOBIRI

MINISTER OF SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
JOHN ENOH

MINISTER OF FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY
NYESOM WIKE

Northwest

Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy – Hannatu Musawa

Minister of Defence – Muhammad Badaru

Minister of State Defence – Bello Matawalle

Minister of State Education – Yusuf T. Sunumu

Minister of Housing and Urban Development – Ahmed Dangiwa

Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development – Abdullahi Gwarzo

Minister of Budget and Economic Planning – Atiku Bagudu

Minister of Environment and Ecological Management – Kaduna
Minister of State, FCT – Mairiga Mahmud

Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation – Bello Goronyo

Minister of Agriculture and Food Security – Abubakar Kyari

Minister of Education – Tahir Momoh
Minister of Interior – Sa’idu Alkali

Minister of Foreign Affairs – Yusuf Tuggar

Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Development –Ali Pate
Minister of Police Affairs – Ibrahim Gaidam

Minsiter of State, Steel Development – U MAIgari Ahmadu

North Central

Minister of Steel Development – Shuaibu Audu

Minister of Information National Orientation – Muhammed Idris

Attorney General of Federal and Minister of Justice – Lateef Fagbemi

Minister of Labour and Employment – Simon Lalong

Minister of State, Police Affairs – Imman Suleiman Ibrahim

Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs – Zephianiah Jisalpo

Minister of Water Resources and sanitation – Joseph Utsev

Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security – Aliyu Sabi Abdullah

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