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