{"id":66072,"date":"2023-08-16T19:56:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T19:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=66072"},"modified":"2023-08-16T19:56:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T19:56:33","slug":"abujas-governor-is-former-rivers-governor-nyesom-wike-as-tinubu-assigns-ministers-portfolios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=66072","title":{"rendered":"Abuja’s ‘Governor’ is former Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, as Tinubu assigns ministers portfolios"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abuja’s residents are in for drama as former, colourful governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Wike, has been named the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Minister of State\u00a0 for the FCT is Mairiga Mahmud.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other ministers and their portfolios are: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of Police Affairs, Ibrahim Geidam.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, <\/span>Hannatu Musawa;<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of Defence, <\/span>Mohammed Badaru.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of State, Defence, <\/span>Alhaji Bello Mattawale.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of Housing and Urban Development; Ahmed Dangiwa.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of State, Housing and Development; Abdullahi Gwarzo.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of Budget and National Planning is Atiku Bagudu.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, <\/span>Alhaji Abubakar Kyari.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation, <\/span>Bello Goronyo<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of Education, <\/span>Alhaji Tahir Mamman.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of State, Education, Yusuf Sununu.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of Interior, <\/span>Alhaji Saidu Alkali.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of Steel development is Shuaibu Audu.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of State, Steel Development, Maigari Ahmadu.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of Information and National orientation, Muhammed Idris.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Attorney of the Federation and Minister of Justice, <\/span>Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) .<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of State Police affairs is Imaan Sulaiman- Ibrahim; <\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minuster of Special duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Zephaniah Jisalo.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of Water resources and Sanitation, Prof. <\/span>Joseph Utsev.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy – Bosun Tijani<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0e Minister of State, Environment and Ecological Management \u2013 Ishak Salako<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy \u2013 Wale Edun<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of Marine and Blue Economy – Bunmi Tunji<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of Power \u2013 Adedayo Adelabu<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of State, Health and Social Welfare – Tunji Alausa<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of Solid Minerals Development\u00a0 – Dele Alake<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of Tourism \u2013 Lola Ade-John<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of Transportation \u2013 Adegboyega Oyetola<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of Industry, Trade and Investment \u2013 Doris Anite<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of Innovation Science and Technology \u2013 Uche Nnaji<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of State, Labour and Employment \u2013 Nkiruka Onyejeocha<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of Women Affairs\u00a0 – Uju Kennedy<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of Works \u2013 David Umahi<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of Aviation and Aerospace Development*\u00a0 – Festus Keyamo<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of Youth\u00a0 – Abubakar Momoh<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation \u2013 Betta Edu<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of State, Gas Resources \u2013 Ekperikpe Ekpo<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of State, Petroleum Resources \u2013 Heineken Lokpobiri<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25aa\ufe0eMinister of Sports Development \u2013 John Enoh<\/span><\/p>\n

The President reserved the Minister of Environment and Ecological Management for the Nominee from Kaduna state who has yet to be announced.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Abuja’s residents are in for drama as former, colourful governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Wike, has been named the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.\u00a0 The Minister of State\u00a0 for the FCT is Mairiga Mahmud. Other ministers and their portfolios are: \u25aa\ufe0e Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate. \u25aa\ufe0e Minister of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":60967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,7],"tags":[1374,56,742],"class_list":["post-66072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jobs","category-news","tag-ministers","tag-tinubu","tag-wike"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}