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Tinubu assigns portfolios to ministers; Wike gets FCT (Full List)

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August 16, 2023

President Bola Tinubu has assigned portfolios to his ministers, over one week after they were screened by the Senate.

The portfolios were announced by the president’s office in a statement sent to PulseNets

Ex-Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike was named Minister of the FCT while Wale Edun was named Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy.

Some of the other key portfolios include Ali Pate, a professor, as Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, and Lateef Fagbemi as Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. Ex-Jigawa Governor Mohamed Badaru was named Minister of Defence while Ex-Kebbi Governor Atiku Bagudu was named Minister of Budget and Economic Planning.

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See the full portfolios below:

Ministers Ministerial Portfolios

Abubakar Momoh Youth
David Umahi Works
Uju Kennedy Women Affairs
Joseph Utsev Water Resources and Sanitation
Adegboyega Oyetola Transportation
Lola Ade-John Tourism
Shuaibu Audu Steel Development
Bello Goronyo State, Water Resources and Sanitation
U Maigari Ahmadu State, Steel Development
Imman Suleiman Ibrahim State, Police Affairs
Heineken Lokpobiri State, Petroleum Resources
Nkiruka Onyejeocha State, Labour and Employment
Abdullahi Gwarzo State, Housing and Urban Development
Tunji Alausa State, Health and Social Welfare
Ekperipe Ekpo State, Gas Resources
Mairiga Mahmud State, FCT
Ishak Salako State, Environment and Ecological Management
Aliyu Sabi Abdullah State, Agriculture and Food Security
Yusuf T. Sunumu State Education
Bello Matawalle State Defence
John Enoh Sports Development
Zephianiah Jisalpo Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs
Dele Alake Solid Minerals Development
Adebayo Adelabu Power
Ibrahim Gaidam Police Affairs
Bunmi Tunji-Ojo Marine and Blue Economy
Simon Lalong Labour and Employment
Sa’idu Alkali Interior
Uche Nnaji Innovation, Science and Technology
Muhammed Idris Information National Orientation
Doris Anite Industry, Trade and Investment
Betta Edu Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation
Ahmed Dangiwa Housing and Urban Development
Yusuf Tuggar Foreign Affairs
Wale Edun Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy
Nyesom Wike Federal Capital Territory
Kaduna Environment and Ecological Management
Tahir Momoh Education
Muhammad Badaru Defence
Ali Pato Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Development
Bosun Tijani Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy
Atiku Bagudu Budget and Economic Planning
Festus Keyamo Aviation and Aerospace Development
Lateef Fagbemi Attorney General of Federal and Minister of Justice
Hannatu Musawa Art, Culture and the Creative Economy
Abubakar Kyari Agriculture and Food Security

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