PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU ASSIGN PORTFOLIOS TO 45 APPONTED MINISTERS

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday assigned portfolios to 45 of the 48 ministers he appointed recently, with former governor of Rivers State,
Nyesom Wike, heading the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and his ex- Ebonyi State counterpart, David Umahi, for Works Ministry. The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs appeared to have been scrapped as it was not on the ministerial list released yesterday. The list was announced last night by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelae.

According to the list, Wale Edun is the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, while Bunmi Tunji is the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy. Similarly, the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy was allocated to Bosun Tuani, while
Ishak Salako is the Minister of State, Environment and Ecological Management. Other portfolios are Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Anite; Minister of Innovation Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji; Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Nkiruka Onyejeocha; Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy; and Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, among others.

Going by the portfolios, the North-West has 10 ministers, including five senior and five Ministers of State; the North-Central, eight, including senior ministers six; the South-West has seven senior ministers and two ministers and two ministers of state. Similarly, the North-East has six senior ministers and one minister of state but no person yet from Kaduna State which is expected to occupy the Environment and Ecological Management Ministry.

The South-South has five senior ministers and two ministers of state, while the south East have four senior ministers and one minister of state. In a related development, President Bola Tinubu will on Monday, August21, swear in his ministers. The event is billed to hold at the State House Conference, Aso villa in Abuja by 10 am. In a statement on Wednesday by the Director, Information Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, the
ministers are allowed to come with two guests each.