Buhari yet to assign portfolios to ministers – Presidency, + the list

The Presidency has denied the list of ministers and their portfolios that found its way into the social media over the weekend.

The list, which had all the names of ministers and portfolios beside them, was said to have emanated from the Presidency and approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.

However, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, said the list did not emanate from the Presidency.

Adesina said Buhari was yet to assign portfolios to the incoming ministers.

The usual practice is to announce the portfolios of ministers after their inauguration.

Ahead of the swearing in of the ministerial nominees following their successful screening and confirmation by the senate last week, the Presidency has denied releasing any list that assigned portfolios to them.

Adesina said: “Any communication from the Presidency must be officially singed.

“Was that list signed by me or Mr. Garba Shehu?

“Please, ignore it.”

The list had the names and portfolios of the ministers as follows:

Agric and Natural Resources – Audu Ogbeh (Benue)

Agriculture and Natural Resources – Geoffrey Onyema (Enugu)

Attorney General – James Ocholi (Kogi)

Aviation – Senator Hadi Sirika (Katsina)

Defence – Abdulrahman Dambazau (Kano)

Defence (State) – Dan Ali (Zamfara)

Education – Isaac Adewole (Osun)

FCT (State) – Solomon Dalong (Plateau)

Federal Capital Territory – Abubakar Bawa Bwari (Niger)

Finance – Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia)

Finance (State) – Kemi Adeosun (Ogun)

Foreign Affairs – Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti)

Foreign Affairs (State) – Adamu Adamu (Bauchi)

Health – Osagie Ehanire (Edo)

Information, Communication Technology – Lai Mohammed (Kwara)

Interior – Cladius Omoleye Daramola (Ondo)

Labour – Prof. Anthony Onwuka (Imo)

Mines and Steel Development – Abubakar Malami (Kebbi)

National Planning – Amina Mohammed (Gombe)

Niger Delta Affairs – Rotimi Amaechi

Niger Delta Affairs (State) – Pastor Usani Uguru (Cross River)

Petroleum – Ibe Kachikwu (Delta)

Police Affairs – Chris Ngige (Anambra)

Power – Babatunde Fashola (Lagos)

Sports and Youth Development – Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa)

Trade and Investment – Udo Udo Udoma (Akwa Ibom)

Trade and Investment (State) – Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna)

Women Affairs – Hajia Khadija Bukar Ibrahim (Yobe)

Works and Transport – Ogbonaya Onu (Ebonyi)

Works and Transport (State) – Barrister Adebayo Shittu (Oyo).