President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated 45 ministers assigned to lead the federal government ministries on Monday.
All the ministers and their respective guests converged at the State House Conference Centre in the Presidential Villa where the swearing-in event took place.
The president had earlier named each portfolio the new members of his cabinet would oversee. Most of the ministers will be directing the affairs of existing ministries. At the same time, a few of them will lead newly-established ministries such as the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy.
WWW.SEARCHNG.NG – Search on Sells.ng Nigeria's First Ecommerce Shopping Search Engine ...For More About This Post: Do Citizens Truly Think Nigeria Is Moving Forward Under Tinubu?
While Tinubu administered the oath of office to the ministers in batches, Ajuri Ngelale, his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, anchored the event, reading a short citation of each appointee.
Tinubu welcomed the ministers by saying that they were members of the “renewed hope cabinet”.
On the eve of the swearing-in ceremony, the president redeployed a few ministers to ministries other than the ones who had earlier been designated to work at.
WWW.SEARCHNG.NG – Search on Sells.ng Nigeria's First Ecommerce Shopping Search Engine ...For More About This Post: CONNECTING THE DOTS: Why Senate Couldn’t Confirm el-Rufai, Okotete, Danladi
For instance, Adegboyega Oyetola was redeployed to the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy from Transportation Ministry. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo was moved from the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy to the Ministry of Interior.
Although people have argued that the minister of state appellation is not recognised by the country’s constitution, the president still decided to apportion the portfolio to some ministers. Currently, 13 of the new ministers are actually ministers of state, a role inferior to a full-fledged ministerial position.
It took the Senate a week to wrap up the screening and confirmation process for the ministerial appointees. During the process adjudged by some Nigerians as less rigorous, some dramatic scenes unfolded.
WWW.SEARCHNG.NG – Search on Sells.ng Nigeria's First Ecommerce Shopping Search Engine ...For More About This Post: Despite Nominating Only 9 Female Ministers, Tinubu Replaces One With Keyamo, Mariya Mahmud
A protest greeted the screening of Festus Keyamo, whom the senators accused of disrespecting the legislature during the administration of Muhammadu Buhari, forcing Godswill Akpabio, the senate president, to suspend the session for some hours.
Nasir el-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, participated in the screening but later missed out on the list of confirmed ministerial appointees on the strength of some petitions and allegations against him.
Two other individuals, Stella Okotete and Abubakar Danladi from Delta and Taraba States respectively, had some baggage that stalled their confirmation as ministers too.
FULL LIST OF INAUGURATED MINISTERS
S/NNAMEMINISTRY1Wale EdunMinister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy2Ishiak SalakoMinister of State, Environment and Ecological Management3Adegboyega OyetolaMinister of Marine and Blue Economy4Bosun TijaniMinister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy5Adebayo AdelabuMinister of Power6Tunji AlausaMinister of State, Health and Social Welfare7Dele AlakeMinister of Solid Minerals Development8Lola Ade-JohnMinister of Tourism9Sa’idu AlkaliMinister of Transportation10Doris AniteMinister of Industry, Trade and Investment11Uche NnajiMinister of Innovation, Science and Technology12Nkiruka OnyejeochaMinister of State, Labour and Employment13Uju KennedyMinister of Women Affairs14David UmahiMinister of Works15Festus KeyamoMinister of Aviation and Aerospace Development16Betta EduMinister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation17Ekperipe EkpoMinister of State, Gas Resources18Heineken LokpobiriMinister of Petroleum Resources19John EnohMinister of Sports Development20Nyesom WikeMinister of Federal Capital Territory21Hannatu MusawaMinister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy22Mohammed BadaruMinister of Defence23Bello MatawalleMinister of State, Defence24Yusuf SununuMinister of State, Education25Ahmed DangiwaMinister of Housing and Urban Development26Abdullahi GwarzoMinister of State, Housing and Urban Development27Atiku BaguduMinister of Budget and Economic Planning28Abubakar MomohMinister of the Niger Delta29Mairiga MahmudMinister of State, Federal Capital Territory30Bello GoronyoMinister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation31Abubakar KyariMinister of Agriculture and Food Security32Tahir MammanMinister of Education33Bunmi Tunji-OjoMinister of Interior34Yusuf TuggarMinister of Foreign Affairs35Ali PateCoordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare36Ibrahim GeidamMinister of Police Affiars37Maigari AhmaduMinister of State, Steel Development38Shuaibu AuduMinister of Steel Development39Muhammed IdrisMinister of Information and National Orientation40Lateef FagbemiAttorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice41Simon LalongMinister of Labour and Employment42Imaan Sulaiman-IbrahimMinister of State, Police Affairs43Zephaniah JisaloMinister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs44Joseph UtsevMinister of Water Resources and Sanitation45Aliyu Sabi AbdullahiMinister of State, Agriculture and Food Security
The post FULL LIST: Tinubu’s 45 ‘Renewed Hope’ Ministers Inaugurated appeared first on Foundation For Investigative Journalism.