After weeks of speculations on who gets what, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Wednesday, announced portfolios for the newly appointed ministers after successful screening and confirmation by the Senate.
The list was released to State House correspondents by the presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, following a directive by the president to that effect.
Top on the list is Publisher Blueprint Newspapers Mohammed Idris Malagi, who heads information and national orientation, a development some analysts described as predictable giving his sterling performance during the screening.
Another major one by Tinubu was the appointment of former Rivers state Governor Nyesom Wike as FCT minister, thus breaking the jinx as against the norms of northerners who, most times held the portfolio in the past.
Apart from Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun (1979-82) and Emeka Okoye (1981- 84), all successive ministers have been from the North.
Also, Festus Keyamo, a former minister of state for labour under the immediate past administration, emerged minister of aviation and aerospace development.
Also predictably, President Tinubu named Wale Edun as the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy and the former Jigawa state Governor Abubakar Badaru as Minister of Defence, while his Zamfara counterpart, Bello Matawalle would serve as the Minister of State for Defence.
Others are Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy; Ishak Salako, Minister of State Environment and Ecological Management; Bunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Marine and Blue Economy; Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power; Tunji Alausa, Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare; and Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development.
Others include Lola Ade-John, Minister of Tourism; Adegboyega Oyetola, Minister of Transportation; Doris Anite, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment; Uche Nnaji Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology; Nkiruka Onyejeocha, Minister of State for Labour and Employment; Uju Kennedy, Minister of Women Affairs; and David Umahi, Minister of Works.
Others are Abubakar Momoh, Minister of Youth; Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation; Ekperipe Ekpo, Minister of State for Gas Resources; Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources; John Enoh, Minister of Sports Development; Hannatu Musawa, Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy; Yusuf T. Sununu, Minister of State for Education; Ahmed M. Dangiwa, Minister of Housing and Urban Development; Abdullahi T. Gwarzo, Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development; Atiku Bagudu, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning; while the Minister of Environment and Ecological Management is expected to be filled by a nominee from Kaduna state.
Others are Mairiga Mahmud, Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory; Bello M. Goronto, Minister of State for Water Resources and Sanitation; Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security; Tahir Maman, Minister of Education; Sa’idu A. Alkali, Minister of Interior; Yusuf M. Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs; All Pate, Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare; Ibrahim Geidam, Minister of Police Affairs; and U. Maigari Ahmadu, Minister of State for Steel Development.
Also named are Shuaibu A. Audu, Minister of Steel Development; Lateef Fagbemi, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice; Simon B. Lalong, Minister of Labour and Employment; Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Minister of State for Police Affairs; Zephaniah Jisalo, Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs; Joseph Utsev, Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation; and Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security.
The Presidency also disclosed that the retreat for the ministers would be held before their official inauguration at a yet- to- be specified time.
