Buhari inaugurates cabinet, Fashola to head power, works and housing ministry
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday inaugurated 36 ministers as members of the Federal Executive Council five months after his inauguration.
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.
To set the tone for today’s swearing-in, President Buhari, yesterday appointed new 17 permanent secretaries and reshuffled all current permanent secretaries.
The full list of the ministers and their portfolios is below:
Kemi Adeosun (Ogun) – Finance
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
Abubakar Malami (Kebbi)–Justice
Hadi Sirika (Katsina)–State for Aviation
Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa)–Water Resources
Solomon Dalong (Plateau)–Youths and Sports
Ibeh 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 for 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 for Niger Delta
Geoffrey Onyeama (Enugu) — Foreign Affairs
Monsur Dan-Ali (Zamfara) — Defence
James Ocholi (Kogi) – State for Labour
Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna) – State for Budget and National Planning
Mustapha Shehuri (Borno) — State for Power
Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa)–State for Agriculture
Isaac Adewole Folorunsho (Osun) — Health
Usani Usani Uguru (Cross River) — Niger Delta
Abubakar Bwari Bawa (Niger) — State for Solid Minerals
Adebayo Shittu (Oyo) — Communications
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11 Comments
Impressive line-up.Now that Fashola has the Federal power, he has no excuse but to fix power as he claimed he can.
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Fashola’s Challenge: 6 Months Is All I Need To Provide Lagosians With
Stable Power He said this during the commissioning of the 8.5 MW Lekki
Independent Power Project (IPP), the fifth of such power projects in the
last five years in Lagos.
NOW WE GO SEE. TALK IS CHEAP!!!!!!
Now the country can begin to understand and vet if this people are capable of helping the country. I am glad that the number of ministries is reduced, however to truly reduce the cost of governing, there are still ministries that could be combined. we especially require the reduction of agencies and commission. ok everything is set, now get to work.
This is a solid team of performers – round pegs in round holes with balanced representation of the Nigerian diverse tapestry. May they bring policy heft and hard-work to bear on their respective portfolios in deepening the dividends of democracy for Nigerians based on the mandate of eliminating insecurity, ending corruption, restoring the economy and positioning Nigeria for true greatness. May God Bless them as they do the people’s work. May God Bless the administration of President Buhari and Bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Pls tell me what these people did in their past positions that is giving you these much confidence.Amaechi was Governor in the oil rich Rivers state for 8 years pls go there and see his performance for yourself.Fashola was also Governor in the richest state in nigeria-Lagos for 8 years generating avrage of #30bn monthly with another #5bn from federal allocation amounting to over #3.36Tn in 8years and $1.2Bn world bank loan and another #440Bn loan in bonds.
Look around lagos what you see does it justify all these monies as prudent expenditures.
You put your emotions ahead of your brains. Many of these guys will embarrass Buhari at last. We must not be carried away by familiar names built up by newspaper houses.
One currency that works magic is to have great expectations of people, trust them and empower them for success. The day they belie the trust, fire them. Going forward I see good in the selected hands – and if they disappoint, they’d hear it from us all. I am rooting for them to succeed as failure is NOT an option.
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Fashola’s Challenge: 6 Months Is All I Need To Provide Lagosians With
Stable Power He said this during the commissioning of the 8.5 MW Lekki
Independent Power Project (IPP), the fifth of such power projects in the
last five years in Lagos.
NOW WE GO SEE. TALK IS CHEAP!!!!!!
Hurray! Fashola is heading the new PTF ( Petroleum Trust Fund) . Only difference is no more petroleum superdollars for the work. But with his performance which gave APC the winning tide, he can do it again. Only remember the ordinary man on the street this time.
yippeyyyy!!!!!! and fashola is the minister for power, works and housing. I am really proud of that man and unlike some people who are already beginning to say negative things about him, I know that he will carry out his duty efficiently
I predicted precisely and it happened. Shows the President is thinking along
We will review and take appropriate action.