The president of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday the 16th of August 2023, assigned portfolios to the 45 confirmed ministerial nominees. So after President Tinubu revealed the list of the ministerial nominees, they were interviewed by the senate. And the confirmed ones has been assigned a portfolio.
And if you don’t know, portfolio in government means a minister’s area of responsibility as a cabinet member. The list includes the former Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and other ministers with their different portfolios.
In this article, I will tell you the portfolios assigned to the confirmed ministerial nominees. So keep reading on.
VP. Shettima Says Tinubu Administration Remains Committed To Deepening Democracy In Nigeria.
The Vice President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima has assured that Tinubu’s administration remains committed to deepening democracy in Nigeria, he also said that Nigerians must work together to nurture the national democracy. He said this on Tuesday 15 August, 2023 when he received some leaders of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
New/ Modified Portfolios In Tinubu’s Cabinet.
- Marine & blue economy.
- Health & social welfare.
- Finance & coordinating economy.
- Tourism.
- Gas resources.
- Youth development.
- Steel development.
- Humanitarian affairs & poverty allevation.
- Art, culture & creative economy.
- Aviation and aerospace development.
Portfolios Assigned To The Confirmed Ministerial Nominees.
- Hannatu Musawa:
- Minister of art, culture & creative economy.
- Mohammed Badaru.
- Minister of defence.
- Bello Matawalle.
- Minister of state, defence.
- Tahir Maman.
- Minister of education.
- Yusuf T. Sununu.
- Minister of state, education.
- Ahmed M. Dangiwa.
- Minister of housing & urban development.
- Abdullahi T. Gwarzo.
- Minister of state, housing & development.
- Atiku Bagudu.
- Minister of budget & economic planning.
- Ishak Salako.
- Minister of state, environment & ecological management.
- Nyesom Wike.
- Minister of FCT.
- Mairiga Mahmud.
- Minister of state, Federal Capital Territory.
- Joseph Utsev.
- Minister of water resources & sanitation.
- Bello M. Goronyo.
- Minister of state, water resources & sanitation.
- Abubakar Kyari.
- Minister of agriculture & food security.
- Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi.
- Minister of state, agriculture & food security.
- Saidu A. Alkali.
- Minister of interior.
- Yusuf M. Tuggar.
- Minister of foreign affairs.
- Ali Pate.
- Coordinating minister of health & social welfare.
- Tunji Alausa.
- Minister of state, health & social welfare.
- Ibrahim Geidam.
- Minister of police affairs.
- Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim.
- Minister of state, police affairs.
- Shuabu A. Audu.
- Minister of steel development.
- U. Maigari Ahmadu.
- Minister of state, steel development.
- Muhammed Idris.
- Minister of information & national orientation.
- Lateef Fagbemi.
- Attorney general of the federation and minster of justice.
- Simon B. Lalong.
- Minister of labour and employment.
- Nkiruka Onyejeocha.
- Minister of state, labour and eployment.
- Zephaniah Jisalo.
- Minister of special duties and inter governmental affairs.
- Bosun Tijani.
- Minister of communications, innovation and digital economy.
- Wale Edun.
- Minister of finance and coordinating of the economy.
- Bunmi Tunji-Ojo.
- Minister of marine and blue economy.
- Adebayo Adelabu.
- Minister of power.
- Dele Alake.
- Minister of solid minerals development.
- Lola Ade-John.
- Minister of tourism.
- Adegboyega Oyetola.
- Minister of transportation.
- Doris Anite.
- Minister of industry, trade and investment.
- Uche Nnaji.
- Minister of innovation, science and technology.
- David Umahi.
- Minister of works.
- Festus Keyamo.
- Minister of aviation and aerospace development.
- Abubakar Momoh.
- Minister of youth.
- Betta Edu.
- Minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty allevation.
- Ekperipe Ekpo.
- Minister of state, gas resources.
- Heineken Lokpobiri.
- Minister of state, petroleum resources.
- John Enoh.
- Minister of sports development.
- Uju Kennedy.
- Minister of women affairs.
Date Of Swearing-In Ceremony Of The Confirmed Minsters.
The date of the swearing in of the ministers is Monday 21st August, 2023. By 10:am at State House conference centre.
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