Cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari

The Cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari consists of the ministers appointed in the Buhari Administration to take responsibility for each of the government ministries of Nigeria following the 2015 elections.

Cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari

  Cabinet of Nigeria
Date formedSeptember 2015 (?)
People and organisations
Head of stateMuhammadu Buhari
Head of governmentMuhammadu Buhari
Member partyAll Progressives Congress
Opposition partyPeople's Democratic Party
History
PredecessorCabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan

Formation

In an interview published by Vanguard on 19 April 2015, Buhari, whose administration was to begin on 29 May 2015, said he would assemble a small cabinet that might be active before the official ceremony.[1] On 31 May 2015 Buhari was reported to have said he would break with the People's Democratic Party (PDP) tradition where ministers were nominated by governors.[2][lower-alpha 1] He would look for people who were competent, dedicated and experienced.[2] On 1 July 2015 a spokesman for the president said that Buhari would delay selecting a cabinet until September. He wanted to eliminate prior corruption before the new ministers were appointed. Another spokesman said that the delay was "nothing out of the ordinary" compared to the formation of previous cabinets. However, a London-based economist said the delay would not be well received by investors.[4]

On the night of 30 September, TheCable, an online newspaper in Nigeria, reported a list of 21 names submitted to Senate President Bukola Saraki for screening and confirmation.[5][6] On 11 November, a cabinet of 36 ministers from each of the 36 states of Nigeria was sworn in.[7]

Cabinet of Nigeria

Zainab Ahmed is now the Minister of Finance after she was confirmed by President Muhammadu Buhari

Cabinet of Nigeria: 11 November 2015–present[8]
Portrait Portfolio Incumbent Term
President
Commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces
Minister of Petroleum		 Muhammadu Buhari 2015–present
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo 2015–present
Minister of Justice
Attorney General[9]		 Abubakar Malami 2015–present
Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama 2015–present
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Zainab Ahmed 2018–present
Minister of Defence Bashir Salihi Magashi 2019–present
Minister of Education Adamu Adamu 2015–present
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment[10] Richard Adeniyi Adebayo 2019–present
Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige 2015–present
Minister of Federal Capital Territory Mohammed Musa Bello 2015–present
Minister of Science and Technology Ogbonnaya Onu 2015–present
Minister of Mines and Steel Development Olamilekan Adegbite 2019–present
Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola 2019–present
Minister Of State for Budget and National Planning Clement Agba 2019–present
Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola 2015–present
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Sabo Nanono 2019–present
Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi 2015–present
Minister of Power Saleh Mamman 2019–present
Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire 2019–present
Minister of Women Affairs Pauline Tallen 2019–present
Minister of Niger Delta Godswill Akpabio 2019–present
Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed 2015–present
Minister of Environment Muhammad Mahmood 2019-present
Minister of Water Resources Suleiman Adamu 2019–present
Minister of Youth and Sports Sunday Dare 2019–present
Minister for Aviation Sirika Hadi 2015–present
Minister of State for Environment Sharon Ikeazor 2019–present
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Zubair Dada 2019–present
Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development Ikechukwu Ogah 2019–present
Minister of State for Health Adeleke Mamora 2019–present
Minister of State for Labour and Employment Festus Keyamo 2019–present
Minister of State for Power Goddy Jedy Agba 2019–present
Minister of State for Works and Housing Abubakar D. Aliyu 2019–present
Minister of State for Education Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba 2015–present
Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development Mustapha Baba Shehuri 2019–present
Minister of State for Niger Delta Tayo Alasoadura 2019
Minister of Police Affairs Maigari Dingyadi 2019–present
Minister for Communication Isa Ali Pantami 2019–present
Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment Maryam Katagum 2019–present
Minister of State for Petroleum Timipre Sylva 2019–present
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Faruk 2019–present
Minister of State for Transportation Gbemisola Saraki 2019–present
Minister of Special Duties and International Affairs George Akume 2019–present
Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory Ramatu Tijani 2019–present
Minister of State for Science and Technology Mohammed Abdullahi 2019–present


References
  1. Levinus Nwabughiogu (2015-04-19). "Why my cabinet will be small". Vanguard (Nigeria). Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  2. Angela Davis (2015-05-31). "Presidential Appointments: List Of Ministers (Buhari's Cabinet)". News247. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  3. "The Federal Executive Council". Federal Ministry of Communication Technology. Archived from the original on 2015-07-04. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
  4. Chris Kay (2015-07-01). "Buhari Delays Nigerian Cabinet Appointments to September". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  5. "EXCLUSIVE: Fashola, Amaechi, Ngige, Onu, Lai, Kachikwu make Buhari's ministerial list - TheCable". TheCable. 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  6. Omololu Ogunmade (2015-10-01). "Buhari's Team of Champions Unveiled". Abuja: ThisDay Live. Archived from the original (Web) on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  7. "Nigeria's new government to be sworn in after five-month wait". Press TV. 2015-11-11. Retrieved 2015-11-11.

See also

Notes
  1. By convention, the cabinet contains a minister or minister of state from each of the 36 states.[3]

References
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