Tinubu swears in 45 ministers

President Bola Tinubu officially assembled his cabinet by swearing in 45 ministers at the State House Conference Center, Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday.

The swearing-in ceremony took place in seven different batches, each consisting of multiple ministers.

The initial group included ministers like Lateef Fagbemi, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, as well as Nkiruka Onyejeocha, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Ekperikpe Ekpo, Minister of State Gas in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Uju Kennedy, Minister of Women Affairs, and Tahir Maman, Minister of Education.

The second batch that took the oath included Ali Pate, Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State (Oil) in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Joseph Utsev, Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, and Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security.

Subsequent batches included ministers such as Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, John Enoh, Minister of Sports Development, Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Dave Umahi, Minister of Works, and Abubakar Momoh, Minister of Niger Delta Development.

Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Uche Nnaji, Minister of Innovation Science and Technology, Alkali Sa’id, Minister of Transportation, Doris Anite, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, and Mohammed Badaru, Minister of Defence, were part of the fourth group to be sworn in.

Abdullahi Gwarzo, Minister of State Housing and Urban Development, Mariya Mahmud, Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ahmed Dangiwa, Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Hannatu Musawa, Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, and Atiku Bagudu, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, formed the fifth batch.

Yusuf Sunumu, Minister of State Education, Shuaibu Audu, Minister of Steel Development, Tunji Alausa, Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Lola Ade-John, Minister of Tourism, and Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Minister of State Police Affairs, were included in the sixth group.

Lastly, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Muhammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Ishak Salako, Minister of State Environment, Wale Edun, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, and Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, were part of the seventh and final batch.

Prominent figures like Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abass, Secretary to the Government of the Federation George Akume, and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and Kwara State Governor Abdulaziz Abdulrahman were present at the ceremony.