Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu on Wednesday evening assigned portfolios to his ministerial nominees.
The ministerial designation comes after weeks of screening by the Nigerian Senate before embarking on recess last week. According to the list showing the assigned roles of the nominees, the president’s cousin and an opposition party member got top portfolios.
A member of the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Nyesom Wike was assigned as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, while the predient’s cousin and former governor of Osun state, Gboyega Oyetola was assigned the transportation ministry.
Dele Alake, who is a renowned communication expert, and widely tipped as the minister for the Information Ministry, was made Minister Of Solid Minerals Development.
Other ministers and their designations are as follows: Minister Of Communications, Innovation And Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani; Minister Of State, Environment And Ecological Management, Ishak Salako; Minister Of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun; Minister Of Marine and Blue Economy, Bunmi Tunji-Ojo; Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu; Minister of State, Health and Social Welfare, Tunji Alausa; Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John.
Others 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; Minister of Works, David Umahi; Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo; Minister of Youth, Abubakar Momoh; Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu; Minister of State, Gas Resources, Ekperikpe Ekpo; Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, and Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh.
Also on the list are the Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa; Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru; Minister of State Defence, Bello Matawalle; Minister of State, Education, Tanko Sununu; Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa.
Nigeria is currently faced with economic woes embodied by a cost of living crisis following the removal of fuel subsidies and the floating of the currency. Nigerians would expect that the formation of the cabinet would fasten the execution of President Tinubu’s policies and soften economic strains in the shortest possible time.