President Buhari Swears in New Ministers

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday inaugurated ministers of his cabinet for his second term in office. At the inauguration ceremony, which to place at the State House in Abuja Buhari urged them to work very hard for the progress of the country.
Below are the ministers and their portfolios:
S/NOSTATENAMEPORTFOLIO
1AbiaDr. Uchechukwu OgahMinister of State Mines and Steel Development
2AdamawaMuhammadu Musa BelloMinister of Federal Capital Territory
3Akwa IbomSen. Godswill AkpabioMinister of Niger Delta
4AnambraDr. Chris N. NgigeMinister of Labour and Employment
5AnambraSharon O. IkeazorMinister of State Environment
6BauchiAdamu AdamuMinister of Education
7BauchiAmb. Mariam Y. KatagumMinister of State Industry, Trade and Investment
8BayelsaTimipre SylvaMinister of State Petroleum Resource
9BenueSen. George AkumeMinister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs
10BornoMustapha Baba ShehuriMinister of State Agriculture and Rural Development
11Cross RiverGoddy Jedy – AgbaMinister of State Power
12DeltaFestus Keyamo, SANMinister of State Niger Delta
13EbonyiDr. Ogbonnaya OnuMinister of Science and Technology
14EdoDr. Osagie EhanireMinister of Health
15EdoClement IKanade AgbaMinister of State Budget and National Planning
16EkitiOtunba Richard Adeniyi AdebayoMinister of Industry, Trade and Investment
17EnuguGeoffrey OnyeamaMinister of Foreign Affairs
18GombeDr. Ali Isa Ibrahim PantamiMinister of Communications
19ImoEmeka NwajiubaMinister of State Education
20JigawaEngr. Suleiman H. AdamuMinister of Water Resources
21KadunaZainab Shamsuna AhmedMinister of Finance, Budget and National Planning
22KadunaDr. Muhammad MahmoudMinister of Environment
23KanoSabo NanonoMinister of Agriculture and Rural Development
24KanoMaj. Gen. (RTD) Bashir Salihi MagashiMinister of Defence
25KatsinaMr. PresidentMinister of Petroleum Resources
26KatsinaSen. Hadi SirikaMinister of Aviation
27KebbiAbubakar MalamiHonourable Attorney General and Minister of Justice
28KogiRamatu TijjaniMinister of State Federal Capital Territory
29KwaraLai MohammedMinister of Information and Culture
30KwaraGbemisola SarakiMinister of State Transportation
31LagosBabatunde Raji Fashola (SAN)Minister of Works and Housing
32LagosSen. Adeleke O. MamoraMinister of State Health
33NasarawaMohammed H. AbdullahiMinister of State Science and Technology
34NigerAmb. Zubairu DadaMinister of State Foreign Affairs
35OgunArch. Olamilekan AdegbiteMinister of Mines and Steel Development
36OndoSen. Tayo D. AlasoaduraMinister of State Labour and Employment
37OsunRauf AregbesolaMinister of Interior
38OyoSunday DareMinister of Youth and Sports
39PlateauPauline TallenMinister of Women Affairs
40RiversRotimi AmaechiMinister of Transportation
41SokotoMuhammadu Maigari DingyadiMinister of Police Affairs
42TarabaEng. Saleh MammanMinister of Power
43YobeAbubakar D. AliyuMinister of State Works and Housing
44ZamfaraSa’adiya Umar FaroukMinister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development

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