At last, President Muhammadu Buhari has administered the oath of office to 36 new ministers and assigned them portfolios. Buhari expectedly assigned to himself the Minister of Petroleum Resources, also pruned the number of Ministries to 24. All the Ministers contrary to Buhari’s earlier statement were assigned portfolios.
The ceremony held at the Presidential Villa.
The Ministers and their assigned portfolios are:
- Chris Ngige – (Anambra) – Minister of labour & Employment
- Kayode Fayemi- (Ekiti) – Minister of Solid Minerals
- Rotimi Amaechi – (Rivers) – Minister of Transport
- Babatunde Fashola -(Lagos) – Minister, Power, Works and Housing
- Abdulrahman Dambazau- (Kano) – Minister of Interior
- Aisha Alhassan – (Taraba) – Minister of Women Affairs
- Ogbonaya Onu- (Ebonyi) – Minister of Science and Technology
- Kemi Adeosun – (Ogun) – Minister of Finance
- Abubakar Malami – (Kebbi) – Minister of Justice
- Sen Hadi Sirika – (Katsina) – Minister of Aviation
- Barr. Adebayo Shittu – (Oyo) – Minister of Communication
- Suleiman Adamu – (Jigawa) – Minister of Water Resources
- Solomon Dalong – (Plateau) – Minister of Youth and Sports
- Ibe Kachikwu – (Delta) – Minister of State, Petroleum Resources
- Osagie Ehanire – (Edo) – Minister of State, Health
- Audu Ogbeh – (Benue) – Minister of Agriculture
- Udo Udo Udoma – (Akwa Ibom) –Minister of Budget and national Planning
- Lai Mohammed – (Kwara) – Minister of Information
- Amina Mohammed – (Gombe) – Minister of Environment
- Ibrahim Usman Jibril – (Nasarawa) – Minister of State, Environment
- Hajia Khadija Bukar Ibrahim- (Yobe) – Minister of State, Foreign Affairs
- Cladius Omoleye Daramola (Ondo) – Minister of State, Niger Delta
- Prof Anthony Onwuka (Imo) – Minister of State, Education
- Geoffrey Onyema (Enugu) – Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Monsur Dan-Ali (Zamfara) – Minister of Defence
- Barr James Ocholi (Kogi) – Minister of State, Labour and Employment
- Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna) – Minister of State, Budget and National Planning
- Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia) – Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment
- Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa) – Minister of the FCT
- Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Bornu) – Minister of State, Power, Works and Housing
- Aisha Abubakar – Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment
- Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa) – Minister of State, Agriculture
- Adamu Adamu (Bauchi) – Minister of Education
- Isaac Adewole (Osun) – Minister of Health
- Abubakar Bawa Bwari (Niger) – Minister of State, Solid Minerals
- Pastor Usani Uguru (Cross River) – Minister of Niger Delta Affairs
