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President Tinubu has set a date for the inauguration of Ministers.

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Newsone reports that the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), has confirmed Monday, August 21, 2023, for the inauguration of 45 ministers by President Bola Tinubu.

This online news platform understands that the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation confirmed the date for the inauguration of Ministers hours after President Tinubu assigned portfolios to them.

Newsone Nigeria reports that the Director of Information in the OSGF, Willie Bassey, said the inauguration will hold by 10 am at the State House Conference Centre, Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

Bassey, who signed for the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, said the ministers have been informed to come to the inauguration venue with two guests each.

The statement reads: “Honourable ministers to be sworn in are expected to come with two guests each. All Honourable Ministers and invited guests are to be seated by 9 am.”

Newsone Nigeria had reported earlier that Tinubu Ministerial Portfolios released by the Presidency on Wednesday show that the President appointed himself as the Minister of Petroleum just like former President, Muhammadu Buhari did during his 8 years tenure.

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The ministry has been broken into two, with 2 ministers of state, all from the South-South. Yusuf Tuggar is the foreign minister, Dele Alake Solid Minerals, Mohammed Idris Information Minister, Festus Keyamo will be in charge of aviation and aerospace development, while Nyesom Wike will be in charge of the FCT Ministry. The Ministry of Environment is being reserved for Kaduna state, northern Nigeria.

The full list of Tinubu ministerial portfolios…

Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy – Hannatu Musawa

Minister of Defence – Muhammad Badaru

Minister of State Defence – Bello Matawalle

Minister of State Education – Yusuf T. Sunumu

Minister of Housing and Urban Development – Ahmed Dangiwa

Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development – Abdullahi Gwarzo

Minister of Budget and Economic Planning – Atiku Bagudu

Minister of Environment and Ecological Management – Kaduna

Minister of State, FCT – Mairiga Mahmud

Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation – Bello Goronyo

Minister of Agriculture and Food Security – Abubakar Kyari

Minister of Education – Tahir Momoh

Minister of Interior – Sa’idu Alkali

Minister of Foreign Affairs – Yusuf Tuggar

Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Development –Ali Pate

Minister of Police Affairs – Ibrahim Gaidam

Minister of State, Steel Development – U. Maigari Ahmadu

North Central

Minister of Steel Development – Shuaibu Audu

Minister of Information National Orientation – Muhammed Idris

Attorney General of Federal and Minister of Justice – Lateef Fagbemi

Minister of Labour and Employment – Simon Lalong

Minister of State, Police Affairs – Imman Suleiman Ibrahim

Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs – Zephianiah Jisalpo

Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation – Joseph Utsev

Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security – Aliyu Sabi Abdullah

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo

Minister of Youth, Abubakar Momoh

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu

Minister of State, Gas Resources, Ekperikpe Ekpo

Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri

Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh

Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.

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