President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given portfolios to 45 ministers, with former governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike now the minister of the Federal Capital Territory.

 

Contrary to expectations, Tinubu did not name Dele Alake, his information commissioner in Lagos between 1999 and 2007 as the Federal Minister of Information.

 

Instead he gave him the Solid Minerals ministry. Mohammed Idris, publisher of Blueprint is now the minister of information and national orientation.

 

Lawyer, Hannatu Musawa will be in charge of Culture and entertainment.

 

Festus Keyamo, a former minister of state for labour is now in charge of the ministry of aviation and aerospace development.

 

Here is the full list:

Northwest

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 Alkal

 

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