President Bola Tinubu has administered the oath of office to his cabinet members after their successful screening and subsequent confirmation by the senate.
Prior to the swearing-in, Tinubu had already allocated specific roles to the appointed ministers.
The formal ceremony commenced at 10 am and is currently in progress at the Presidential Villa’s banquet hall in Abuja.
The swearing in was done in batches of five.
The first five ministers sworn in were:
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice
Lateef Fagbemi
Minister of State, Gas Resources
Ekperipe Ekpo
Minister of State, Labour and Employment
Nkiruka Onyejeocha
Minister of Women Affairs
Uju Kennedy
Minister of Education
Tahir Maman
Second batch:
Minster of Agriculture and Food Security
Abubakar Kyari
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Yusuf M. Tuggar
Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare
All Pate
Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation
Joseph Utsev
Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri is the Hon. Minister of State (Oil), Petroleum Resources
Third batch of ministers:
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development
Festus Keyamo
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation
Betta Edu
Minister of Sports Development
John Enoh
Minister of Works
David Umahi
Minister of Niger Delta Development
Abubakar Momoh