Wike, Matawalle, Oyetola, 28 Others Who Survived Cabinet Shake-Up

Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Thursday, October 24th, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu wielded his big stick on Wednesday, and like a surgeon in a theatre, he used his surgical knife, yanked off five ministers,redeployed 10 and appointed seven fresh as ministers to replace the sacked ones as well as two others — Betta Edu who was initially suspended, and Simon Lalong who left his cabinet to join the Senate.

Tinubu, ex-Lagos governor, appointed 48 ministers in August 2023, three months after his inauguration. The Senate immediately screened and confirmed the ministers. One of the ministers, Betta Edu, was suspended in January while ex-Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong, resigned and moved to the upper legislative chamber.

There have been growing calls for the President to reshuffle his cabinet as many Nigerians are not impressed by the performance of some of the ministers, especially in the face of unprecedented inflation, excruciating economic situation and rising insecurity.

Despite the shake-up on Wednesday, 31 ministers were not affected; they were not sacked or redeployed.


	MINISTER OF POWER – ADEBAYO ADELABU
2	MINISTER OF DEFENCE – MOHAMMED BADARU
3	MINISTER OF STATE, DEFENCE – BELLO MATAWALLE
4	MINISTER OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT – AHMED M. DANGIWA
5	MINISTER OF BUDGET & ECONOMIC PLANNING – ATIKU BAGUDU
6	MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES & SANITATION – JOSEPH UTSEV
7	MINISTER OF POLICE AFFAIRS – IBRAHIM GEIDAM
8	MINISTER OF STEEL DEVELOPMENT – SHUAIBU A. AUDU
9	MINISTER OF STATE, ENVIRONMENT – IZIAQ ADEKUNLE SALAKO
10	MINISTER OF FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (FCT) – NYESOM WIKE
11	MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION – SA’IDU ALKALI
12	MINISTER OF STATE (GAS) PETROLEUM RESOURCES – EKPERIPE EKPO
13	MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT – BALARABE ABBAS LAWAL
14	MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY – ABUBAKAR KYARI
15	MINISTER OF STATE, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY – ALIYU SABI ABDULLAHI
16	MINISTER OF INTERIOR – OLUBUNMI TUNJI-OJO
17	MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS – YUSUF M. TUGGAR
18	COORDINATING MINISTER OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE – ALI PATE
19	MINISTER OF AVIATION AND AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT – FESTUS KEYAMO
20	MINISTER OF WORKS – DAVID UMAHI
21	MINISTER OF STATE (OIL) PETROLEUM RESOURCES – HEINEKEN LOKPOBIRI
22	MINISTER OF INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – UCHE NNAJI
23	MINISTER OF SOLID MINERALS DEVELOPMENT – DELE ALAKE
24	MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND NATIONAL ORIENTATION – MUHAMMED IDRIS
25	ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE – LATEEF FAGBEMI
26	MINISTER OF NIGER DELTA AFFAIRS – ABUBAKAR MOMOH
27	MINISTER OF STATE, LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT– NKIRUKA ONYEJEOCHA
28	MINISTER OF SPECIAL DUTIES AND INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS – ZEPHANIAH JISALO
29	MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, INNOVATION AND DIGITAL ECONOMY – BOSUN TIJANI
30	MINISTER OF FINANCE AND COORDINATING MINISTER OF THE ECONOMY – WALE EDUN
31	MINISTER OF MARINE AND BLUE ECONOMY – ADEGBOYEGA OYETOLA