President Buhari inaugurates Cabinet, assigns Ministerial portfolios
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated his long-awaited cabinet in Abuja early today. The President also assigned portfolios to ministers nominated last month. The list of ministers and their portfolios are listed below:
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1 Okechukwu Enelamah Abia Minister of Trade and Investment
2 Muhammadu Bello Adamawa Minister of Federal Capital Territory
3 Udo Udo Udoma Akwa Ibom Minister of Budget and National Planning
4 Chris Ngige Anambra Minister of Labour and Employment
5 Heineken Lokpobiri Bayelsa State Minister for Agriculture
6 Adamu Adamu Bauchi Minister of Education
7 Audu Ogbeh Benue Minister of Agriculture
8 Mustapha Baba Shehuri Borno State Minister for Power, Works and Housing
9 Usani Uguru Cross River Minister of Niger Delta
10 Ibe Kachikwu Delta State Minister of Petroleum
11 Ogbonaya Onu Ebonyi Minister of Science and Technology
12 Osagie Ehanire Edo State Minister for Health
13 Kayode Fayemi Ekiti Minister of Solid Minerals
14 Geoffrey Onyema Enugu Minister for Foreign Affairs
15 Amina Mohammed Gombe Minister for Environment
16 Anthony Anwuka Imo State Minister for Education
17 Suleiman Adamu Jigawa Minister of Water Resources
18 Zainab Ahmed Kaduna State Minister, Budget and Planning
19 Sen Hadi Sirika Katsina State Minister of Transport (Aviation)
20 Abdulrahman Dambazau Kano Interior Minister
21 Abubakar Malami Kebbi Minister of Justice
22 James Ocholi Kogi Minister of State for Labour and Employment
23 Lai Mohammed Kwara Minister of Information
24 Babatunde Fashola Lagos Minister of Power, Works and Housing
25 Ibrahim Usman Jibril Nasarawa State Minister for Environment
26 Abubakar Bawa Bwari Niger Minister of State, Solid Minerals.
27 Kemi Adeosun Ogun Minister of Finance
28 Cladius Omoleye Daramola Ondo State Minister for Niger Delta
29 Isaac Adewole Osun Minister of Health
30 Barr. Adebayo Shittu Oyo Minister of Communication
31 Solomon Dalong Plateau Minister of Youth and Sport
32 Rotimi Amaechi Rivers Minister of Transportation
33 Aisha Abubakar Sokoto State Minister, Trade and Investment
34 Aisha Alhassan Taraba Minister of Women Affairs
35 Khadija Bukar Ibrahim Yobe State Minister, Foreign Affairs
36 Dan Ali Zamfara Minister of Defence