The wait for President Buhari’s ministerial cabinet is now over. The President’s choice to hold back the selection of ministers has been the topic of discussion since his government took office on May 29th 2015 following Nigeria’s historic elections and it shall definitely please the populace that the President has finally selected the ministers that will head major ministries in Nigeria in the next 4 years.
When rumors first came through that the President shall not be picking his cabinet till September, it caused many to be unhappy as they had expected his administration to hit the ground running. The President, however, was keen on ensuring “the task of delivering the change he promised Nigeria not be rushed.” The President claimed that, “it would neither be prudent nor serve the interests of sound government to have made these appointments immediately on my elevation to the Presidency; instead, Nigeria must first put new rules of conduct and good governance in place.”
It is safe to say the ministerial list has finally passed the Senate and been approved.
We see the president take control of the Petroleum industry while Babatunde Fashola takes control of a merger of three ministries: Power, Works as well as Housing, Land and Urban Development.
Find below the new cabinet;
Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers)–Transportation
Chris Ngige (Anambra)–Labour and Employment
Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti)–Solid Minerals
Babatunde Fashola (Lagos)–Power, Works and Housing
Abdulrahman Dambazau (Kano)–Interior
Aisha Alhassan (Taraba)–Women Affairs
Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi)–Science and Technology
Kemi Adeosun (Ogun)–Finance
Abubakar Malami (Kebbi)–Justice
Hadi Sirika (Katsina)–State for Aviation
Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa)–Water Resources
Solomon Dalong (Plateau)–Youths and Sports
Ibe Kachikwu (Delta)–State for Petroleum
Osagie Ehanire (Edo)–State for Health
Audu Ogbeh (Benue)–Agriculture
Udo Udo Udoma (Akwa Ibom)–Budget and National Planning
Lai Mohammed (Kwara)–Information
Amina Mohammed (Gombe)–Environment
Ibrahim Usman Jibril (Nasarawa)–State, Environment
Anthony Onwuka (Imo), State for Education
Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa)–FCT
Adamu Adamu (Bauchi)–Education
Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia)–Industry Trade and Investment
Aisha Abubakar (Sokoto) State for Trade, Industry and Investment
Khadija Bukar Abba (Yobe), State for Foreign Affairs
Claudius Daramola (Ondo)–State, Niger Delta
Geoffrey Onyeama (Enugu)–Foreign Affairs
Monsur Dan-Ali (Zamfara)–Defence
James Ocholi (Kogi), State for Labour
Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna), State for Budget
Mustapha Shehuri (Borno)–State for Power
Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa)–State for Agric
Isaac Adewole Folorunsho (Osun)–Health
Usani Usani Uguru (Cross River)– Niger Delta
Abubakar Bwari Bawa (Niger)–State for Solid Minerals
Adebayo Shittu (Oyo)–Communications
Muhammadu Buhari–Petroleum