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President Buhari Inaugurates Cabinet, Assigns Ministerial Portfolios

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated his long-awaited cabinet in Abuja early today. The President also assigned portfolios to ministers nominated last month. The list of ministers and their portfolios are listed below:

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1    Okechukwu Enelamah    Abia     Minister of Trade and Investment 
2    Muhammadu Bello     Adamawa     Minister of Federal Capital Territory 
3    Udo Udo Udoma    Akwa Ibom     Minister of Budget and National Planning 
4    Chris Ngige    Anambra     Minister of Labour and Employment 
5    Heineken Lokpobiri    Bayelsa     State Minister for Agriculture 
6    Adamu Adamu    Bauchi     Minister of Education 
7    Audu Ogbeh    Benue     Minister of Agriculture
8    Mustapha Baba Shehuri    Borno     State Minister for Power, Works and Housing 
9    Usani Uguru    Cross River     Minister of Niger Delta 
10    Ibe Kachikwu    Delta     State Minister of Petroleum 
11    Ogbonaya Onu    Ebonyi     Minister of Science and Technology 
12    Osagie Ehanire    Edo    State Minister for Health 
13    Kayode Fayemi    Ekiti    Minister of Solid Minerals 
14    Geoffrey Onyema    Enugu    Minister for Foreign Affairs 
15    Amina Mohammed    Gombe    Minister for Environment 
16    Anthony Anwuka    Imo    State Minister for Education 
17    Suleiman Adamu    Jigawa    Minister of Water Resources 
18    Zainab Ahmed    Kaduna    State Minister, Budget and Planning 
19    Sen Hadi Sirika    Katsina    State Minister of Transport (Aviation) 
20    Abdulrahman Dambazau    Kano    Interior Minister 
21    Abubakar Malami     Kebbi    Minister of Justice 
22    James Ocholi     Kogi    Minister of State for Labour and Employment 
23    Lai Mohammed    Kwara    Minister of Information 
24    Babatunde Fashola    Lagos    Minister of Power, Works and Housing 
25    Ibrahim Usman Jibril    Nasarawa    State Minister for Environment 
26    Abubakar Bawa Bwari    Niger    Minister of State, Solid Minerals. 
27    Kemi Adeosun    Ogun    Minister of Finance 
28    Cladius Omoleye Daramola    Ondo    State Minister for Niger Delta 
29    Isaac Adewole    Osun    Minister of  Health 
30    Barr. Adebayo Shittu    Oyo    Minister of Communication
31    Solomon Dalong    Plateau    Minister of Youth and Sport 
32    Rotimi Amaechi    Rivers    Minister of Transportation 
33    Aisha Abubakar    Sokoto    State Minister, Trade and Investment 
34    Aisha Alhassan    Taraba    Minister of Women Affairs 
35    Khadija Bukar Ibrahim    Yobe    State Minister,  Foreign Affairs 
36    Dan Ali    Zamfara    Minister of Defence