{"id":14662,"date":"2023-08-17T07:58:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T06:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=14662"},"modified":"2023-08-17T07:58:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T06:58:10","slug":"tinubu-appoints-edun-finance-minister-keyamo-aviation-wike-fct-as-ministers-get-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/tinubu-appoints-edun-finance-minister-keyamo-aviation-wike-fct-as-ministers-get-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu appoints Edun finance minister, Keyamo, aviation, Wike, FCT as ministers get portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"
Minister to be sworn in Monday<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has appointed banker Olawale Edun as minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, while he put human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Festus Keyamo in charge of aviation ministry as he assigned portfolio to his cabinet nominees.<\/p>\n The names and portfolios of the cabinet members to be inaugurated on Monday, August 21, 2023, were listed in a statement released on Wednesday from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).<\/p>\n Edun, 62, one of Tinubu’s closest advisers and a member of his economic team that helped prepare his election manifesto, had long been tipped to become finance minister in Africa’s biggest economy.<\/p>\n Before Wednesday’s appointment, Edun was a special adviser to Tinubu on monetary policy.<\/p>\n Also, the president, with 45 cabinet members, chose Mohammed Badaru as defence minister and Yusuf Tuggar as foreign affairs minister. Both will take on the task of working with the regional bloc ECOWAS to find a solution to the crisis in Niger where a military junta has seized power.<\/p>\n Tinubu won a disputed February presidential election, which is being challenged by his main opponents in court.<\/p>\n He has embarked on some of the boldest reforms that Nigeria has seen in years, including scrapping a popular but costly petrol subsidy and removing exchange rate restrictions. The naira has weakened to record lows.<\/p>\n The reforms are a gamble to try to kick-start growth but inflation has soared, worsening a cost of living crisis for Africa’s most populous nation, a big headache for Tinubu and his new ministers.<\/p>\n Nigeria’s inflation rose to an 18-year high in July. The country also faces widespread insecurity, mounting debt burden, high unemployment and slow growth which has stoked tension among the population already struggling with a high cost of living.<\/p>\n ALSO READ:\u00a0Nigeria inflation rises to 18-year high amid cost-of-living crisis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Nigeria’s Senate cleared the nominees last week, paving the way for their swearing-in next Monday, the government said in a statement.<\/p>\n FULL LIST OF MINISTERS AND PORTFOLIOS<\/strong><\/p>\n Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani<\/p>\n Minister of State, Environment and Ecological Management, Ishak Salako<\/p>\n Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun<\/p>\n Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Bunmi Tunji<\/p>\n Minister of Power, Adedayo Adelabu<\/p>\n Minister of State, Health and Social Welfare, Tunji Alausa<\/p>\n Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake<\/p>\n Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John<\/p>\n Minister of Transportation, Adegboyega Oyetola<\/p>\n Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Anite<\/p>\n Minister of Innovation Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji<\/p>\n Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Nkiruka Onyejeocha<\/p>\n Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy<\/p>\n Minister of Works, David Umahi<\/p>\n Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo<\/p>\n Minister of Youth, Abubakar Momoh<\/p>\n Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu<\/p>\n Minister of State, Gas Resources, Ekperikpe Ekpo<\/p>\n Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri<\/p>\n Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh<\/p>\n Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike<\/p>\n Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa<\/p>\n Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru<\/p>\n Minister of State Defence, Bello Matawalle<\/p>\n Minister of State Education, Yusuf T. Sunumu<\/p>\n Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed M. Dangiwa<\/p>\n Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, Abdullah T. Gwarzo<\/p>\n Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu<\/p>\n Minister of Environment and Ecological Management, (Kaduna)<\/p>\n Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, Mairiga Mahmud Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari<\/p>\n Minister of Education, Tahir Maman<\/p>\n Minister of Interior, Sa’Idu A. Alkali<\/p>\n Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf M. Tuggar<\/p>\n Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate<\/p>\n Minister of Police Affairs, Ibrahim Geidam<\/p>\n Minister of State, Steel Development, U. Maigari Ahmadu<\/p>\n Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu A. Audu<\/p>\n Minister of Information and National Orientation, Muhammed Idris<\/p>\n Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi<\/p>\n Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon B. Lalong<\/p>\n Minister of State, Police Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim<\/p>\n Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Govermental Affairs, Zephaniah Jisalo<\/p>\n Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Joseph Utsev<\/p>\n Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Minister to be sworn in Monday Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has appointed banker Olawale Edun as minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, while he put human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[593,706,41,1463,2754],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-14662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-top-news","9":"tag-festus-keyamo","10":"tag-ministers","11":"tag-nigeria","12":"tag-tinubu","13":"tag-wale-edun"},"yoast_head":"\n
\nMinister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation, Bello M. Goronyo<\/p>\n