More than five months after taking oath of office as President, Muhammadu Buhari today (Wednesday, November 11, 2015) announced his ministers’ portfolios in Abuja as they were sworn in. The President also presides over the inaugural meeting of the Federal Executive Council in Statehouse.
Here are the ministers and their portfolios :
- Abdulrahman Dambazau (Kano) -Interior
- Abubakar Bwari Bawa (Niger) – State for Solid Minerals
- Abubakar Malami (Kebbi) -Justice
- Adamu Adamu (Bauchi) – Education
- Adebayo Shittu (Oyo) – Communications
- Aisha Abubakar (Sokoto) – State for Trade, Industry and Investment
- Aisha Alhassan (Taraba) -Women Affairs
- Amina Mohammed (Gombe) -Environment
- Anthony Onwuka (Imo) – State for Education
- Audu Ogbeh (Benue) -Agriculture
- Babatunde Fashola (Lagos) -Power, Works and Housing
- Chris Ngige (Anambra) -Labour and Employment
- Geoffrey Onyeama (Enugu) – Foreign Affairs
- Hadi Sirika (Katsina) -State for Aviation
- Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa) – State for Agriculture
- Ibeh Kachikwu (Delta) – State for Petroleum
- Ibrahim Usman Jibril (Nasarawa) – State for Environment
- Isaac Adewole Folorunsho (Osun) – Health
- James Ocholi (Kogi) – State for Labour
- Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) – Solid Minerals
- Kemi Adeosun (Ogun) – Finance
- Khadija Bukar Abba (Yobe) – State for Foreign Affairs
- Claudius Daramola (Ondo) – State for Niger Delta
- Lai Mohammed (Kwara) – Information
- Monsur Dan-Ali (Zamfara) – Defence
- Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa) – FCT
- Muhammadu Buhari – Petroleum
- Mustapha Shehuri (Borno) – State for Power
- Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi) -Science and Technology
- Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia) – Industry, Trade and Investment
- Osagie Ehanire (Edo) – State for Health
- Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) – Transportation
- Solomon Dalong (Plateau) – Youths and Sports
- Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa) -Water Resources
- Udo Udo Udoma (Akwa Ibom) -Budget and National Planning
- Usani Usani Uguru (Cross River) – Niger Delta
- Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna) – State for Budget and National Planning