President Muhammadu Buhari has finally named the ministers that would make up his portfolio. The unveiling event, which took place on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 saw all 37 ministerial nominees previously cleared by the Senate given their respective appointments.
Interestingly, President Buhari declared himself the Minister for Petroleum. Here’s the full list of ministers with their respective portfolios.
The list: Names of Buhari’s ministers
- Aisha Alhassan (Taraba) — Women Affairs
- Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi) — Science and Technology
- Kemi Adeosun (Ogun) — Finance
- Abubakar Malami (Kebbi) — Justice
- 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
- 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
- Hadi Sirika (Katsina) — State for Aviation
- 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
- Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa) — Water Resources
- Solomon Dalong (Plateau) — Youths and Sports
- Ibe Kachikwu (Delta) — State for Petroleum
- Osagie Ehanire (Edo) — State for Health
- Anthony Onwuka (Imo) — State for Education
- Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa) — FCT
- Adamu Adamu (Bauchi) — Education
- 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
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