President Bola Tinubu will on Monday swear in the new ministers who have just been assigned portfolios.
According to a statement by the office of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), the ceremony will take place in the conference room of the State House at 10 am.
William Bassey, the director of information in the office of the SGF, who signed the statement, said the ministers are to come with two guests each.
Earlier, the presidency released the list containing the names of the new ministers and their portfolios.
In the list, Nyesom Wike is appointed as the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT).
Wike is the second southerner to head the FCT after Ajose Adeogun, the only person from the region, who was appointed in 1976.
The president appointed Gboyega Oyetola, former governor of Osun, as the minister of transportation.
The list shows that the north-west has 10 ministers, while north-east has six. The north-central and south-west have eight and nine ministers respectively, while south-east and south-south have five each.
According to the portfolios assigned by the president, Tinubu made Bosun Tijani the minister of communications, innovations and digital economy and Wale Edun the person heading the ministry of finance and coordinating minister of economy.
On July 27, Tinubu forwarded a list of 28 nominees to the senate for screening and confirmation.
Again, on August second, the president sent the list of the second batch of ministerial nominees to the senate for screening.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assigned portfolio to the federal cabinet ministers recently screened and cleared by the Senate.
Here is the full list:
Nyesom Wike – FCT Minister
Festus Keyamo – Minister of Aviation
Adebayo Adelabu- Minister Of Power
Adegboyega Oyetola – Minister of Transportation
Muhammed Idris – Minister of Information
Mohammed Badaru- Minister of Defence
Minister of State, Defense – Bello Mattawale
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy – Wale Edun
Minister of Works- Dave Umahi
Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare – Ali Pate
Minister of Agriculture and food security -Abubakar kyari
Minister of Youths- Abubakar Mohmoh
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy – Bosun Tijjani
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Yusuf Tuga
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning – Atiku Bagudu
Minister of Water resources and sanitation – Joseph utsve
Minister of Steel Development – Shuaibu Audu
Minister of State, Agriculture – Sabi Abdullahi
Minister of Trade and Investment – Doris Anieete
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation – Betta Edu
Minster or Sport – John Eno
Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy – Bunmi Tunji Ojo
Minister of Petroleum Resources – Yet to be allocated
Minister of Labor and Employment – Simon Lalong
Minister of Special Duties – Zapahnnaih Gazzalo
While the senate confirmed the nomination of 45 persons on the list, three nominees, including Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna — Stella Okotete (Delta) and Danladi Abubakar (Taraba), were not confirmed due to issues relating to security clearance.