Ministerial Portfolios at Last Emerge, Fashola Tasked Rock

At last President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday 11^th November, 2015 consented to the list of ministerial portfolios and revealed to the public.  The ministerial designation doesn’t emerge without remarkable adjustment. Former Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola was tasked rock, given a newly combined Ministry of Power, Works and Housing.  The Ministry is a combination of three ministries: Power, Works and Housing, as well as Land and Urban Development.

The President, shortly after inaugurating the ministers, also named former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister for Transportation which has been received on social media with myriad of mockery welcomes. The list of the ministerial portfolios and the nominees is as follows:

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

Kemi Adeosun (Ogun) -- Finance

Abubakar Malami (Kebbi) -- Justice

Hadi Sirika (Katsina) -- State for Aviation

Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa) -- Water Resources

Solomon Dalong (Plateau) -- Youths and Sports

Ibe 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, 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, Niger Delta

Geoffrey Onyeama (Enugu) -- Foreign Affairs

Monsur Dan-Ali (Zamfara) -- Defence

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