President Muhammadu Buhari has finally announced the long-awaited portfolios of ministers, who were sworn in on Wednesday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
President Buhari named himself Minister of Petroleum, while Ibe Kachikwu (Delta State) was named Minister of State (Petroleum).
Buhari swore 36 ministers into his cabinet on Wednesday, five months after his inauguration.
Buhari won March elections after vowing to crackdown on corruption in Africa’s biggest economy and top oil producer. He has been criticised for waiting until September to name his ministers at a time when the economy has been hammered by the fall in oil prices.
His cabinet is smaller than that of his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, who had 42 ministers. Under the constitution, the president must include a member from each of the country’s 36 states.
See full list of their Portfolios:
1. Muhammadu Buhari — Minister of Petroleum
2. Ibe kachikwu – State, Petroleum
3. Enyinnaya Okechukwu Enelema – Industry, Trade and investment
4. . Aisha Abubakar -State, Industry, Trade and Investment
5. Mohammed Musa Bello – Federal Capital Territory
6. Udo Udoma – Budget and National Planning
7. Zainab Ahmed -State, Budget and National Planning
8. Chris Ngige – Labour and Employment
9. James Ocholli – State, Labour and Employment
10. Audu Ogbe – Agriculture and Rural Development
11. Heneiken Lokpobiri — State, Agriculture and Rural Development
12. Adamu Adamu – Education
13. Anthony Onwuka – State, Education
14. Babatunde Fashola – Power, Works and Housing
15. Mustapha Baba Shauri – State, Power, Works and Housing
16. Usani Usani Uguru – Niger Delta
17. Omole Daramola -State, Niger Delta
18. Ogbonnaya Onu – Science and Technology
19. Isaac Adewole – Health
20. Osagie Ehanire – State, Health
21. John Kayode Fayemi – Solid Minerals
22. Bawa Bwari Abubakar – State, Solid Minerals
23. Gregory Onyeama – Foreign Affairs
24. Khadijat Buka Abba Ibrahim – State, Foreign Affairs
25. Amina Mohammed – Environment
26. Ibrahim Jibrin – State, Environment
27. Suleiman Adamu Kazaure – Water Resources
28. Abdulrahman Dambazau – Interior
29. Rotimi Amaechi -Transport
30. Hadi Sirika -State, Aviation
31. Abubakar Malami -Justice
32. Lai Mohammed – Information
33. Folake Adeosun – Finance
34. Adebayo Shittu – Communication
35. Solomon Dalong -Youth and Sports
36. Aisha Jumai Alhassan – Women Affairs
37. Manir Dan-Ali – Defence.
