Buhari swears in Ministers
Buhari swears in Ministers
ABUJA–President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, performed the inauguration ceremony of his ministers-designates in Abuja.
He also assigned portfolios to all the 36 Ministers.
This is contrary to the speculations that there would some ministers without portfolio.
Some of the ministers and their portfolios included Sen. Chris Ngige
(Labour and Employment), Babatunde Fasola( Power, Works and Housing),
Chibuike Amaechi( Transportation), Kemi Aeosun(Finance), Lai Mohammed
(Information) amongst others.
Meanwhile, president announced himself the substantive Minister of
Petroleum Resources while the immediate past Group Managing Director,
GMD, Ibe Kachichukwu is now the Minister of State for Petroleum.
The ministers took their oath of office in 9 batches.
See the list of ministers below and their portfolios
Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers)–Transportation
Chris Ngige (Anambra)–Labour and Employment
Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti)–Solid Minerals
Babatunde Fashola (Lagos)–Power, Works and Housing
Abdulrahman Dambazau (Kano)–Interior
Aisha Alhassan (Taraba)–Women Affairs
Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi)–Science and Technology
Kemi Adeosun (Ogun)–Finance
Abubakar Malami (Kebbi)–Justice
Hadi Sirika (Katsina)–State for Aviation
Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa)–Water Resources
Solomon Dalong (Plateau)–Youths and Sports
Ibe Kachikwu (Delta)–State for Petroleum
Osagie Ehanire (Edo)–State for Health
Audu Ogbeh (Benue)–Agriculture
Udo Udo Udoma (Akwa Ibom)–Budget and National Planning
Lai Mohammed (Kwara)–Information
Amina Mohammed (Gombe)–Environment
Ibrahim Usman Jibril (Nasarawa)–State, Environment
Anthony Onwuka (Imo), State for Education
Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa)–FCT
Adamu Adamu (Bauchi)–Education
Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia)–Industry Trade and Investment
Aisha Abubakar (Sokoto) State for Trade, Industry and Investment
Khadija Bukar Abba (Yobe), State for Foreign Affairs
Claudius Daramola (Ondo)–State, Niger Delta
Geoffrey Onyeama (Enugu)–Foreign Affairs
Monsur Dan-Ali (Zamfara)–Defence
James Ocholi (Kogi), State for Labour
Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna), State for Budget
Mustapha Shehuri (Borno)–State for Power
Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa)–State for Agric
Isaac Adewole Folorunsho (Osun)–Health
Usani Usani Uguru (Cross River)– Niger Delta
Abubakar Bwari Bawa (Niger)–State for Solid Minerals
Adebayo Shittu (Oyo)–Communications
Mohammadu Buhari-Petroleum
