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| Ministers at the Presidential retreat in Abuja. |
President Muhammadu
Buhari, today, Wednesday August 21, 2019, swore in the 43 appointed ministers
at the Federal Executive Council Chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Buhari who announced the portfolio of each
minister shortly after they were sworn in, urged them to direct all memos to
his Chief of Staff Abba Kyari.
The president retained
the portfolio of Minister of Petroleum Resources, while Timipre Sylva was
announced as Minister of State for Petroleum.
Babatunde Fashola who
was the Minister of Power, Works and Housing was stripped of the Power sector
his brief, as Saleh Mamman who was nominated from Taraba now occupies the
position. Goddy Agba is the Minister of State for Power.
Below is the full list:
FULL LIST OF MINISTERS
AND PORTFOLIOS
|
S/N
|
Minister
|
Portfolio
|
|
1.
|
Dr.
Ikechukwu Ogah (Abia State)
|
State,
Mines and Steel
|
|
2.
|
Mohammed
Musa Bello (Adamawa State) reappointed
|
Federal
Capital Territory
|
|
3.
|
Godswill
Akpabio (Akwa Ibom State)
|
Niger
Delta
|
|
4.
|
Chris
Ngige (Anambra State) reappointment
|
Labour
and Employment
|
|
5.
|
Sharon
Ikeazor (Anambra State)
|
State
Environment
|
|
6.
|
Adamu
Adamu (Bauchi State) reappointment
|
Education
|
|
7.
|
Ambassador
Maryam Katagun (Bauchi State)
|
State,
Trade Investment
|
|
8.
|
Timipre
Sylva (Bayelsa State)
|
Petroleum
under the President
|
|
9.
|
George
Akume (Benue State)
|
Special
Duties
|
|
10.
|
Mustapha
Baba Shehuri (Borno State) reappointment
|
State,
Agric and Rural Development
|
|
11.
|
Goddy
Jedy Agba (Cross River State)
|
State,
Power
|
|
12.
|
Festus
Keyamo (Delta State)
|
State,
Niger Delta
|
|
13.
|
Ogbonnaya
Onu (Ebonyi State) reappointment
|
Science
and Technology
|
|
14.
|
Osagie
Ehanire (Edo State) reappointment
|
Health
|
|
15.
|
Clement
Ike (Edo State)
|
Budget,
Nat. Planning
|
|
16.
|
Richard
Adeniyi Adebayo (Ekiti State)
|
Industry,
Trade
|
|
17.
|
Geoffrey
Onyeama (Enugu State) reappointment
|
Foreign
Affairs
|
|
18.
|
Ali
Isa Pantami (Gombe State)
|
Communications
|
|
19.
|
Emeka
Nwajiuba (Imo State)
|
Education
|
|
20.
|
Suleiman
Adamu (Jigawa State)
|
Water
Resources
|
|
21.
|
Zainab
Ahmed (Kaduna State) reappointment
|
Finance
|
|
22.
|
Muhammad
Mahmood (Kaduna State)
|
Environment
|
|
23.
|
Sabo
Nanono (Kano State)
|
Agriculture
|
|
24.
|
Major
General Bashir Salihi Magashi (Kano State)
|
Defence
|
|
25.
|
Hadi
Sirika (Katsina State) reappointment
|
Aviation
|
|
26.
|
Abubakar
Malami (Kebbi State) reappointment
|
Justice
|
|
27.
|
Ramatu
Tijjani (Kogi State)
|
State,
FCT
|
|
28.
|
Lai
Mohammed (Kwara State)
|
Information
|
|
29.
|
Gbemisola
Saraki (Kwara State)
|
State
Transportation
|
|
30.
|
Babatunde
Fashola (Lagos State) reappointment
|
Works
and Housing
|
|
31.
|
Adeleke
Mamora (Lagos State)
|
State,
Health
|
|
32.
|
Mohammed
H. Abdullahi (Nasarawa State)
|
State,
Science
|
|
33.
|
Zubair
Dada (Niger State)
|
State
Foreign Affairs
|
|
34.
|
Olamilekan
Adegbite (Ogun State)
|
Mines
and steel
|
|
35.
|
Tayo
Alasoadura (Ondo State)
|
State,
Labour
|
|
36.
|
Rauf
Aregbesola (Osun State)
|
Interior
|
|
37.
|
Sunday
Dare (Oyo State)
|
Youths
and sports
|
|
38.
|
Paulen
Talen (Plateau State)
|
Women
affairs
|
|
39.
|
Rotimi
Amaechi (Rivers State)
|
Transportation
|
|
40.
|
Maigarai
Dingyadi (Sokoto State)
|
Police
affairs
|
|
41.
|
Sale
Mamman (Taraba State)
|
Power
|
|
42.
|
Abubakar
D. Aliyu (Yobe State)
|
State
Housing
|
|
43.
|
Sadiya
Umar Faruk (Zamfara State)
|
Humanitarian
Affair
|
|
|
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